I remarked at the end of my November 2014 TAI essay, “Reflections on the Closing of the Russian Mind,” that “Russia threatens its own future more than do any of the Western powers.” That is even more true now than it was then. Russia is set upon a self-destructive course. Its ruler, or for politeness’s sake its rulers, show no present intention of changing it, and might not now be able to do so even if they wished.1Russian Foreign PoliciesThere are plenty of those who take a very different view. Thomas Graham and Matthew Rojansky in their October 13 article …read more
Source: The American Interest
