If Moscow manages to force a ceasefire in Ukraine, I’m not sure they can go back to peacetime production without collapsing, so they might be forced to continue to build offensive capacity. Europe, on the other hand, would be happy to pretend we’re back to normal, and if you add Russian psyops and American unreliability to the mix it’s not hard to be pessimistic.
If Moscow manages to force a ceasefire in Ukraine, I’m not sure they can go back to peacetime production without collapsing, so they might be forced to continue to build offensive capacity. Europe, on the other hand, would be happy to pretend we’re back to normal, and if you add Russian psyops and American unreliability to the mix it’s not hard to be pessimistic.