Chief obstacles to Patriot license for Ukraine: Corruption & instability | Charles Kupchan
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2026年08月10日
The reason behind the promised Patriot manufacturing license for Ukraine remains uncertain. According to the American journal The Atlantic, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin fear that “the Ukrainians will find a way to improve the Patriot and then produce them at scale faster and for much less money than what the existing production lines in the U.S. could do.” So are they worried about being outcompeted or about theft of intellectual property? Or is it something far more serious at stake?
“I think the big problem here, the big constraint, is this question of the security of this technology in the hands of the Ukrainians,” Charles Kupchan, Senior Fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations, told TVP World, adding that “Ukrainians have done a great job of fighting corruption, of getting Russian agents out of their country. But I do think that the CIA and others are doing their homework on whether this technology, if given to Ukraine, would be secure.”
Our guest pointed to the recent government reshuffle and the public discontent it had caused as an example of the unpredictability of Ukrainian politics. He also said Vladimir Putin probably realizes that he cannot defeat Ukraine. Breaking Ukraine, on the other hand, could possibly lead to the Ukrainians themselves turning on their government.
“As a consequence, who knows what the next Ukrainian government might look like?” Kupchan said. “It’s these concerns about domestic politics in Ukraine, about Russian potential penetration of the Ukrainian industry, of the Ukrainian intelligence services that I’m guessing is creating here some second thoughts about the transfer of this technology.”
Join TVP World’s Klaudia Czerwińska and her guest as they examine the challenges of expanding missile production beyond the United States, the search for immediate solutions to Ukraine’s air defense crisis, and the chances of bringing Russia to the negotiating table.
Chapters:
00:00 Patriot interceptor licensing and reasons behind U.S. caution
04:36 European production options and limits to immediate relief
06:02 If no quick fix, then what? Ways to pressure Russia to the negotiating table
09:05 Zelenskyy’s leadership and Ukraine’s long-term dependence on allies
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“I think the big problem here, the big constraint, is this question of the security of this technology in the hands of the Ukrainians,” Charles Kupchan, Senior Fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations, told TVP World, adding that “Ukrainians have done a great job of fighting corruption, of getting Russian agents out of their country. But I do think that the CIA and others are doing their homework on whether this technology, if given to Ukraine, would be secure.”
Our guest pointed to the recent government reshuffle and the public discontent it had caused as an example of the unpredictability of Ukrainian politics. He also said Vladimir Putin probably realizes that he cannot defeat Ukraine. Breaking Ukraine, on the other hand, could possibly lead to the Ukrainians themselves turning on their government.
“As a consequence, who knows what the next Ukrainian government might look like?” Kupchan said. “It’s these concerns about domestic politics in Ukraine, about Russian potential penetration of the Ukrainian industry, of the Ukrainian intelligence services that I’m guessing is creating here some second thoughts about the transfer of this technology.”
Join TVP World’s Klaudia Czerwińska and her guest as they examine the challenges of expanding missile production beyond the United States, the search for immediate solutions to Ukraine’s air defense crisis, and the chances of bringing Russia to the negotiating table.
Chapters:
00:00 Patriot interceptor licensing and reasons behind U.S. caution
04:36 European production options and limits to immediate relief
06:02 If no quick fix, then what? Ways to pressure Russia to the negotiating table
09:05 Zelenskyy’s leadership and Ukraine’s long-term dependence on allies
🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/9RY46AUtIl4
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