The World After Trump: Ukraine

American policy–or, rather, policies–towards Ukraine during the Trump era are the other side of the Russia coin. On the one hand, the foreign policy establishment pursued a wholly conventional approach of supporting Ukraine against Russian ambitions and pushing for reforms to make the government more effective; on the other hand, Trump raged against Ukraine and tried to blackmail its government into investigating his political opponents. The dissonance was deafening.

As with Russia, the conflict disappears the day Biden takes office. The new administration will only pursue the State Department line. The Ukrainian government will undoubtedly breathe a sigh of relief; it will no longer be a football in the world of American politics.