So is the answer to the question in the title of this post 'no'? "Per the conventional wisdom, leaders responsible for starting a war are uniquely susceptible to blame and punishment for how a war ends and are thus prone to keep fighting even with little hope of victory." These risks, he says, are what may stop Putin voluntarily ending the war. It's a question at the heart of some analysis by Shawn Cochran, senior political scientist at the internationally respected RAND Corporation think tank.Ĭochran assessed the decision-making and behaviours of 85 wartime leaders and "I found that new leaders remain susceptible to the domestic pressures and risks associated with war termination, or they at least perceive themselves to be at risk and behave accordingly".
If Vladimir Putin were to leave or be forced from power, would the war end? Here we round up some of this week's most interesting takes and analysis on the conflict. In a separate phone call with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday, Amir-Abdollahian reiterated Iran's official stance of neutrality over the war that started nearly eight months ago. "We have not considered and do not consider war to be the right path either in Ukraine or in Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen." "We believe that the arming of each side of the crisis will prolong the war," the Iranian foreign minister said in a call with his Portuguese counterpart Joao Gomes Cravinho. In a statement, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian "emphasised that the Islamic republic of Iran has not and will not provide any weapon to be used in the war in Ukraine". The topic is due to be discussed by European Union foreign ministers in a meeting in Luxemburg on Monday. Kyiv and much of the West have accused Moscow of using Iranian-made drones in attacks on Ukraine in recent weeks. Iran has yet again rejected accusations that it has supplied Russia with weapons "to be used in the war in Ukraine," its foreign ministry said today.
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