Fortune’s Workings and Virtue’s Contribution: How a Chance Meeting in a Miami Restaurant Influenced the Course of the War in Ukraine

This narrative explores how a chance meeting in a Miami restaurant shaped Rice’s involvement in securing vital military support for the Ukrainian Army, while also acknowledging the broader context of the conflict and the collective efforts of various stakeholders in the largest war in Europe in 80 years, and the 3rd largest war in Europe in 150 years, behind World War II and World War I.