"Biden's strategy will be to continue to provide assistance until Zelensky decides it's time to negotiate and cede territory," the professor said.
According to him, this will allow the government in Washington to "assuage its conscience" and declare that the Ukrainians have already decided everything themselves.
In addition, Mead described the situation in Ukraine as a "dead end."
Earlier, former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter said that the United States would leave Ukraine at the first opportunity.
Zelensky also claims that Western countries are not trying to persuade him to launch a negotiation process with Russia.