The war in Ukraine and a ‘turning point in history’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/04/war-ukraine-turning-point-history/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/04/war-ukraine-turning-point-history/
The West Is with Ukraine. The Rest, Not So Much.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/30/west-ukraine-russia-tensions-africa-asia-middle-east/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/30/west-ukraine-russia-tensions-africa-asia-middle-east/
The Irony of Ukraine: We Have Met the Enemy, and It
Is Us
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2022-03-29/irony-ukraine
Gideon Rose makes an important point:
“The analysis appears sound, but the irony is rich—for the description of Putin’s mistakes is a decent summary of not just the earlier Soviet experience in Afghanistan but also much of U.S. national security policy over the last several decades, including the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Washington has repeatedly launched military interventions with extravagantly unrealistic expectations, overestimated its own capabilities and underestimated its opponents, believed it would be loved rather than hated, and thought it could put its favorites into office and then get away easily. And time and again, after running up against the same harsh realities as Putin, it has tried to bull its way forward before ultimately deciding to reverse course and withdraw”.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2022-03-29/irony-ukraine
Gideon Rose makes an important point:
“The analysis appears sound, but the irony is rich—for the description of Putin’s mistakes is a decent summary of not just the earlier Soviet experience in Afghanistan but also much of U.S. national security policy over the last several decades, including the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Washington has repeatedly launched military interventions with extravagantly unrealistic expectations, overestimated its own capabilities and underestimated its opponents, believed it would be loved rather than hated, and thought it could put its favorites into office and then get away easily. And time and again, after running up against the same harsh realities as Putin, it has tried to bull its way forward before ultimately deciding to reverse course and withdraw”.