RE: Russia and Ukraine
January 24, 2022 at 2:15 pm
(This post was last modified: January 24, 2022 at 2:44 pm by Anomalocaris.)
Seriously?
For russia, Ukraine joining nato is national death for russia.
Any Ukraine that does not permanently foreswear NATO is fundamentally unacceptable to Russia. This is a ground truth of Russo Ukrainian relationship. A professed attitude of accommodation between ukraine and russia that does not take that fact into account is no accommodation at all from Russian perspective.
And no, putin is not an idiot. he bootstrapped russia from a completely marginalized, crumbling power in 2000 with bush fire in every direction to the center of world politics with shored up strategic depth on every direction but Ukraine within 20 years. he is easily the most canny geopolitical strategist in power today, by a large margin.
I think It would not be too over the top to say he is near the caliber of Camilo Cavour or Otto Von Bismarck.
For russia, Ukraine joining nato is national death for russia.
Any Ukraine that does not permanently foreswear NATO is fundamentally unacceptable to Russia. This is a ground truth of Russo Ukrainian relationship. A professed attitude of accommodation between ukraine and russia that does not take that fact into account is no accommodation at all from Russian perspective.
And no, putin is not an idiot. he bootstrapped russia from a completely marginalized, crumbling power in 2000 with bush fire in every direction to the center of world politics with shored up strategic depth on every direction but Ukraine within 20 years. he is easily the most canny geopolitical strategist in power today, by a large margin.
I think It would not be too over the top to say he is near the caliber of Camilo Cavour or Otto Von Bismarck.
