PTS host Joy Votrobek discusses what conditions are necessary to achieve a sustainable peace settlement in the Ukraine / Russia conflict. They analyze the current state of the war, the geopolitical interests at play and security agreements with allies in Europe and beyond. Mr. Dowd points out that the U.S. needs to support Ukraine’s sovereignty and back what decision they make that will bring peace. They also discuss Russia’s core security concern, which is NATO expansion and Ukraine joining the alliance.