Editor’s Note: How do Russia and the West see one another? What are the experts’ views on the confrontation between Russia and the West? How do the pundits explain the Russo-Ukrainian war and Russia’s Syrian gambit? What are the roots of the mythology about Russia in the West, and why has the West failed to predict and understand Russia’s trajectory? This is the 13th and final essay in a series that seeks to answer these questions. Click this link to read part 12.Civilizations in a state of decay have to improvise to stay alive, but these improvisations often have dramatic …read more
Source: The American Interest