Post-election war possibilities

The U.S. presidential elections are in exactly two weeks, and there's growing speculation about what outgoing Pres. Joe Biden will do between Nov. 6 and Jan. 19, esp. if Donald Trump is elected. Ex-Amb. to Nato Jakub Landovský told MFD that there's a chance that the limits on the use by Ukraine of long-range weapons to target sites in Russia will be relaxed after the elections. The restrictions are being maintained as a way to signal to Russia, he said, that we haven't reached the end of the escalation scale but could. Like Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is hesitating to go further, but his key rival, CDU Chair Friedrich Merz, is talking about reaching a joint European decision on approving use of long-range weapons. EU Affairs Min. Martin Dvořák (STAN) told Czech TV last week that he would definitely be in favor of giving Ukraine the go-ahead. He had also spoken in March in favor of sending Czech troops to Ukraine. Something for Czechs to keep in mind as Nov. 5 quickly approaches.