Putin’s Mistaken History of Ukraine
For Foreign Affairs magazine, Anna Reid has written a more accurate history of the Russian-Ukrainian relationship than Putin’s. Putin published his version, “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians,”…
How to Deal with Putin
New York Times columnist Tom Friedman posits several steps to take in dealing with Putin. He says: … [We] are entering a period of geopolitical and geoeconomic uncertainty the likes…
Bill Clinton on NATO Expansion
In an essay in the Atlantic magazine, former President Bill Clinton defends his decision to expand NATO after the collapse of the Soviet Union, responding to “realist” foreign policy commentators…
Finding Friends
David Brooks writes about how we find and keep friends, usually a maximum of about 150 friends. Dunbar argues that it’s a matter of cognitive capacity. The average human mind…
Ukraine as a Russian Colony
Fareed ZakariHa sees the war in Ukraine as Russia trying to retain a former colony. He discounts the “realist” view that the West angered Putin by expanding NATO too close…
WSJ on 20-Year March to War in Ukraine
According to an article in the April 1, 2022, Wall Street Journal “Vladimir Putin’s 20-Year March to War in Ukraine — and How the West Mishandled It.” …The West managed…
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