Putin Isn’t Alone in His Imperial Fantasies
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-03-01/ukraine-invasion-putin-shares-imperial-fantasies-with-xi-erdogan
Leaders of the other former land-based Eurasian empires China, Turkey and Iran have also decided that the best way to shore up their legitimacy is to appeal to past glories.
Vladimir Putin will fail at subduing Ukraine:
Francis Fukuyama
https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/Interview/Vladimir-Putin-will-fail-at-subduing-Ukraine-Francis-Fukuyama
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-03-01/ukraine-invasion-putin-shares-imperial-fantasies-with-xi-erdogan
Leaders of the other former land-based Eurasian empires China, Turkey and Iran have also decided that the best way to shore up their legitimacy is to appeal to past glories.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/Interview/Vladimir-Putin-will-fail-at-subduing-Ukraine-Francis-Fukuyama