The Road to the Russo-Ukrainian War

The war in Ukraine will end, one way or another. But just like before the conflict, there is currently no viable plan at the elite level on what should be done after the war ends.

On a cool and overcast April afternoon, I am talking with Istvan Herka, the mayor of the Hungarian town of Beregsurány, less than a mile from the Hungarian-Ukrainian border. He explains, through a translator, the effect that the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War has had on his town. As if to prove that the war has been a humanitarian disaster, a minibus carry…