With the exception of select weapons systems that must be prioritized for Taiwan, U.S. support for Ukraine should be generous and sustained. It is in the U.S. national interest that Ukraine succeeds in defeating Russia's invasion and forcing Moscow to the negotiating table on Kyiv-preferable terms.…
With the exception of select weapons systems that must be prioritized for Taiwan, U.S. support for Ukraine should be generous and sustained. It is in the U.S. national interest that Ukraine succeeds in defeating Russia's invasion and forcing Moscow to the negotiating table on Kyiv-preferable terms. Still, we should be wary of the contention by some that the United States is letting Ukraine down amid questions over future aid.
To start, we should note that the Kiel Institute has a direct interest in suggesting that the EU is doing more for Ukraine than the U.S. Reversing the Kiel Institute's strategy of following the money, we learn that it is funded by the EU's largest economy and most powerful political entity: Germany. Then there are the budgetary devils in the details.
Next, the Kiel Institute buries down its webpage the fact that the U.S. has disbursed 78% of what it has pledged to Ukraine toward budgetary support. In contrast, while the EU has pledged much greater budgetary support, it has only provided 24% of that pledged. It shouldn't need stating that pledged money cannot be spent. Pledged EU arms supplies have been even slower to be delivered.Reason one: The EU should be providing the vast majority of international support for Kyiv.
This is a big problem made most obvious in the inability of EU member states to provide military materiel to Ukraine. But the problem is also obvious when it comes to defending the alliance's eastern flank. Here it is the U.S. military that is the overwhelming source of refueling, intelligence, and high-end deterrence aircraft in Europe. This is expensive work that drains critical assets from readiness for China-related contingencies.
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