David A. Deptula, Marc R. DeVore, Emma Salisbury and Michael Hunzeker, Foreign Policy (USA)
A no-fly zone is highly escalatory yet unlikely to work. Thankfully, NATO has other options. Below are six such alternative measures. Each option would be far less escalatory than a no-fly zone and would provide Ukraine’s military forces with quick and valuable assistance. They are based on compelling historical precedents and would allow NATO to manage risks by exploiting the very gray zone tactics pundits have long treated as the exclusive domain of its adversaries.