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Opinion: Russia’s authoritarianism and imperialism block a just peace in Ukraine

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Alexander Motyl: Everyone wants a negotiated end to the Russo -Ukrainian war, but negotiations can succeed only if all sides want a stable, lasting, and just peace.

Putin is obviously the greatest and most immediate obstacle to peace, Motyl says.

But Putin isn’t the only obstacle, so, too, could the deeply authoritarian regime he has constructed, he says.

Motyl writes that the Trump administration will quickly learn negotiating a stable peace will take 24 months or even 24 years .

A specialist on Ukraine , Russia and the USSR , and on nationalism, revolutions, empires and theory, he is the author of 10 books of nonfiction, as well as “Imperial Ends: The Decay , Collapse , and Revival of Empires ” and “Why Empires Reemerge: Imperial Collapse and Imperial Revival in Comparative Perspective .”Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill ..