Europe must recognize that the United States views Russia's war against Ukraine differently from European countries and therefore needs to step up its own support for Kyiv, Czech security analyst and diplomat Tomas Pojar has said.
In an interview with Ukrinform, Pojar – vice-rector of the CERVUS University in Prague and a former Czech government national security advisor – said that while Russia's full-scale invasion represents Europe's biggest security threat since World War II, Washington sees it as a geographically distant conflict rather than an immediate regional danger.
According to Pojar, the United States remains focused on multiple geopolitical flashpoints, including the Middle East, developments in Asia, and security issues in the Western Hemisphere such as Venezuela and Cuba.
"We in Europe have to view this realistically and shape our expectations accordingly," Pojar said. "If we are not prepared to address this conflict [war in Ukraine] primarily with our own capabilities – by strengthening our defense capacities and helping Ukraine defend itself – we cannot expect others to do it for us."
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