How the United States is Projecting Power Through the Ukraine War with Russia
As the fog of the Cold War began to settle in, all eyes turned to Poland as a critical point in the balance of power between the Soviets and the West. At the time, the nation was recognized by Western democracies as an outpost of European civilization bordering the totalitarian Soviet regime. On the other hand, the Soviets viewed Poland as the route Germans used to invade their homeland. This served as a justification to neglect the Yalta Agreements and strike down the freedoms that the Polish citizens worked so hard to achieve. Ukraine has become a parallel to post-WWII Poland, which Washington is taking advantage of to solidify their strategic influence in the European region. There are multiple scenarios in which the war between Moscow and Kyiv will play out, but one thing is for certain; the United States is controlling the chaos to strengthen its leverage abroad.