Introduction

Stephen sacker is serving his third term in the us. Senate and has become one of the democratic parties in fluential voices on national security. The beyden administration has ramped up military and economic support for ukraine while imposing unprecedented sanctions on russia. In moscow, they accuse the us. Of spear heading an expansionist nato project to undermine russian security. And at a time when america's internal political polarization appears to be undermining faith in the country's democratic institutions, are we any fit state to meet the challenges it faces abroad and at home?