Brandon J. Weichert is a senior national security editor at The National Interest as well as a contributor at Popular Mechanics. His newest book, A Disaster of Our Own Making: How the West Lost Ukraine, is available for purchase wherever books are sold. He can be followed via Twitter @WeTheBrandon.
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