I'm Dan Kurtz-Valen, and this is the Foreign Affairs Interview.
Today we're in a tripolar world, so three is more complicated than two.
And that relationship is very difficult to manage.
So what we have to be conscious of and careful of is not to drive China and Russia close together in a military sense.
General Mark Milley has his work cut out for him.
As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he's helping to guide U.S.
strategy in Ukraine.
At the same time,
he's trying to figure out how the United States should navigate in a very different world.
One where it is no longer the sole superpower, where tension with both Russia and China is growing,
and where, for the first time in decades, it is all too easy to imagine a great power war.
General Milley, thanks for doing this.
Hey, thanks, Dan.
Appreciate it.
So let's jump right into the subject that has no doubt dominated most of your last year and will dominate your next five months on this job.
What do you expect a likely Ukrainian offensive in the coming weeks to achieve?
And what would the path be from a successful offensive to a negotiated outcome to this war?
I don't want to speculate on a specific offensive or not.
What I will say is that over the last several months,
the Ukrainians have asked us for assistance, military assistance, to help them to train,