{"id":5560,"date":"2026-08-26T15:43:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/are-western-illusions-of-victory-driving-ukraine-towards-collapse-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T16:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:01:35","slug":"are-western-illusions-of-victory-driving-ukraine-towards-collapse-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/are-western-illusions-of-victory-driving-ukraine-towards-collapse-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Western illusions of victory driving Ukraine towards collapse?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5560\" class=\"elementor elementor-5560 elementor-5539\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63a19a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63a19a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b05d79f\" data-id=\"5b05d79f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-789ac66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"789ac66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f347cc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f347cc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his op-ed in the BERLINER ZEITUNG, Michael von der Schulenburg, a former UN diplomat with extensive experience in conflict resolution, urges us to use peace negotiations to prevent a possible defeat for Ukraine.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59cf677 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"59cf677\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Are-Western-illusions-of-victory-driving-Ukraine-towards-collapse-1.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">To the article (PDF)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his op-ed in the BERLINER ZEITUNG, Michael von der Schulenburg, a former UN diplomat with extensive experience in conflict resolution, urges us to use peace negotiations to prevent a possible defeat for Ukraine. 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