Litwin
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great reading :
Obviously, Moscow did not like the eastward expansion of NATO or the EU. For a historically imperial power, this was deeply humiliating. In particular, the Soviet collapse scarred Vladimir Pootin. This former KGB officer ended up driving a taxi for a bit. As Atul Singh and Glenn Carle write, the 1990s deeply traumatized the hordemen “who interpret almost every US action and statement as pieces of a long term, coherent plan to undermine Moscow.” Moscowclaims that NATO threatens its sovereignty by encroaching on its near abroad.
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Obviously, Moscow did not like the eastward expansion of NATO or the EU. For a historically imperial power, this was deeply humiliating. In particular, the Soviet collapse scarred Vladimir Pootin. This former KGB officer ended up driving a taxi for a bit. As Atul Singh and Glenn Carle write, the 1990s deeply traumatized the hordemen “who interpret almost every US action and statement as pieces of a long term, coherent plan to undermine Moscow.” Moscowclaims that NATO threatens its sovereignty by encroaching on its near abroad.
Russian Imperialism, Not NATO Expansion, Caused the Ukraine War - Fair Observer
When it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it is easy to get into the popular narrative of the Cold War. Three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, this narrative still lives subconsciously, if not consciously, in people’s minds. It puts things in easy perspectives: a binary...
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