title: Strategic Culture and the U.S. Engagement in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
abstract: Abstract The paper examines the strategic culture and the U.S. engagement in the Russia-Ukraine conflict between February 2014 and September 2024. It identifies and examines traditional elements of American strategic culture, such as the idea of American exceptionalism, the liberal philosophical tradition, internationalist foreign policy, the role of NATO and the strategy of indirect engagement, the role of public opinion and the influence of the Protestant ethic, and technical fetishism. Tradit
journal: CONTEMPORARY MILITARY CHALLENGES