Civilian casualties. Russian propaganda fodder. Tarnishing the legacy of Princess Diana?
Yep, even that is among the risks of the United States’ decision to provide Ukraine with controversial cluster munitions.
“It’s a risk—a calculated risk for sure but it’s a risk,” Pablo Calderon Martinez, an associate professor in politics and international relations at Northeastern University in London, says of the decision. “These are more or less land mines—which brings up the image of Diana as well.”
Last week, the Biden administration announced it would begin supplying cluster munitions—weapons that release smaller, lethal submunitions—to Ukraine despite objections from human rights organizations and key…
