Samantha Power, the outgoing US ambassador to the United Nations, gave her final public speech in office on Wednesday — and she devoted basically all of it to the threat Vladimir Putin’s Russia poses to global stability. Speaking at the Atlantic Council, Power offered what might be the simplest and clearest explanation of Putin’s grand strategy I’ve heard from a US official. Here it is, in one sentence:
“In international affairs in 2017, it’s often easier to be bad than good.”
What Power is saying is that given the realities of 21st-century politics, it is far easier to tear things down than …read more
Source: Vox
