Former U.S. Army Europe commander Ben Hodges on why a Russia-friendly peace plan would ‘guarantee’ an attack on NATO

Former U.S. Army Europe commander Ben Hodges on why a Russia-friendly peace plan would ‘guarantee’ an attack on NATO

In October 2025, speaking on condition of anonymity, a senior NATO official told journalists that Moscow was “taking a professional approach to learning the lessons” of the war in Ukraine. Combined with the militarization of Russia’s economy, the official said, this means that in some ways, the country will “actually have a modern, more capable force that it had when the war [started].” For NATO’s eastern members like Poland and the Baltic countr

Former U.S. Army Europe commander Ben Hodges on why a Russia-friendly peace plan would ‘guarantee’ an attack on NATO

… to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. By all appearances, Russia would … Radosław] Sikorski and [German Chancellor Friedrich] Merz have both … Trump on the border with Mexico. But most of those … Sea, especially thanks to Sweden and Finland coming into the alliance. …