Depressing report on the state of @OSCE_SMM from @guardian. As it notes, the mission has always faced criticism from all sides in #Ukraine, but... [1/4] theguardian.com/world/2022/feb…
... as I noted @CFR_CPA in December, @OSCE_SMM is also (for good or ill) a model for the sort of peace operations that are possible in conflicts involving major powers. [2/4] cfr.org/report/major-p…
The case for @OSCE_SMM was well-made in a recent article by @UmlandAndreas and co-authors that I cited @CFR_CPA . [3/4] 
But @OSCE_SMM was a product of the conflict dynamics in #Ukraine in 2014, when Russia still wanted some cover. An all-out, explicit #Russian intervention would surely make the mission -- at least in its current form -- unsustainable. And what could realistically replace it? [4/4]
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