The ‘Porcupine’ and the Providence of God: A Christian Realist Approach to Ukraine’s Security
Deep Dive into The ‘Porcupine’ and the Providence of God: A Christian Realist Approach to Ukraine’s SecurityThe porcupine strategy addresses Ukraine's security dilemma by moving beyond symbolic declarations toward a credible deterrence architecture. This approach utilizes an asymmetric, deterrence-by-denial posture intended to make occupation prohibitively expensive and rapid conquest unlikely. It recognizes that Russia's geopolitical aims are to keep Ukraine strategically constrained and vulnerable to coercion. By drawing on the biblical narrative of David and Goliath, proponents argue for…
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