@mik said in How to Think About War in Ukraine:
Great article. Thanks. He makes a huge and valid point that only geopolitical considerations are at the forefront - not concern for a sovereign nation being invaded.
Exactly. But that is a motif of Russian and Soviet foreign policy. Small nations that border Russia do so only at the pleasure of the Kremlin. Along with Snyder, Stephen Kotkin has repeatedly pointed this out in his presentations.
Putin sees the world through a geopolitical lens that has been distorted by his years as a KGB operative and officer. He is very much influenced by the xenophobic populism that permeates Russia beyond Moscow and St. Petersburg, cities more open to western ideas. As Snyder points out, he adheres to and champions a myth not unlike many autocrats.