The article argues that recent executive overreach and politicization have severely undermined established norms of U.S. civil-military relations. To restore professional standards, the incoming Congress must actively exercise its oversight powers, moving beyond mere criticism to demanding transparency in defense policy and personnel decisions. Key reforms include enforcing meritocratic promotion processes, requiring documented justification for senior officer removals, and preventing the partisan use of the military. These actions are crucial for bolstering public trust and ensuring the military remains a nonpartisan instrument of civilian control.
Ukraine Is Losing the War
English Summary
The article argues that Ukraine is facing intense pressure to make painful territorial concessions to achieve peace, citing proposals from the Trump administration. Key evidence includes draft peace agreements demanding that Kyiv recognize Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk as Russian territory, reflecting the current military realities on the ground. While President Zelensky resists these terms to protect national integrity, the pressure suggests that future policy decisions for Ukraine must navigate a difficult balance between maintaining sovereignty and achieving a stable, albeit compromised, peace.
中文摘要
本文論述烏克蘭正承受巨大壓力，被迫做出痛苦的領土讓步以實現和平，並以川普政府的提案為例證。關鍵證據包括草擬的和平協議，要求基輔承認克里米亞、頓涅茨克和盧甘斯克為俄羅斯領土，這反映了當前的戰場現實。儘管澤倫斯基總統堅決反對這些條款以維護國家完整性，但此種壓力暗示，烏克蘭未來的政策決策必須在維護主權與實現穩定但有條件的和平之間，找到一個極其艱難的平衡點。
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