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Biden’s Price of Peace

Strategic differences between the Pentagon and the White House over the war in Ukraine illuminate the paradox of its endgame: How do you negotiate a peace that neither side can afford to win?

Mark Milley
“When there’s an opportunity to negotiate, when peace can be achieved, seize it,” said Mark Milley, Chariman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to a Manhattan audience on November 10th. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images
Julia Ioffe
November 23, 2022

Acouple weeks ago, speaking at an event at the Economic Club of New York, Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said publicly what he’s been saying privately for months: the war in Ukraine would not be won on the battlefield. And so, as he told a Manhattan audience on November 10, “When there’s an opportunity to negotiate, when peace can be achieved, seize it.”