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Democracy itself is a threat to Russia’s current regime, which means every democratic state poses a threat to it. Thus, it is fruitless to base our strategies on an expectation that fundamental change will happen in Russia soon.
This is a decisive moment for our generation. If we fail to show determination, we will be seen as weak. And as history has shown, weakness doesn’t lead to peace.
Alliances are what democracies do best. Authoritarian regimes have never been effective in maintaining them because for autocrats, cooperation is based only on short-term needs — not values. The democratic world does it better, it’s our strength.
And now it’s time to put that strength to good use. We need to make sure our values — freedom, democracy, welfare and security — will be guaranteed for the transatlantic community for generations to come.
Ukraine is capable of winning this war. It has already been proving for a decade now that a smaller country can resist a bigger one, if its friends assist. Estonia has calculated that if every European country contributes just 0.25 percent of its GDP toward Ukraine in the coming years, Ukraine will be victorious. Then, we can call Russia’s bluff that it can maintain this fight for much longer.
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