https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2025\/04\/15\/putin-ukraine-reasons-war-00290138<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“The bottom line is that Putin doesn\u2019t yet have a good enough reason to agree to end the war.<\/p>\n
What will change his mind? The carrots Trump has been offering must be replaced with sticks \u2014 effective and consistent policies designed to make the cost of waging war higher than the cost of peace.”<\/p>\n
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