In an op-ed published in the Washington Post on March 17, 1995, I argued that Russia was “deprived of pride and self-respect. . . . The public—its pride deflated and its economic needs unmet—craves order at home and respect abroad. The authoritarian temptation is pervasive, and so is the urge to be—and to be seen—as strong once again.”In her perceptive and very informative analysis published in The American Interest on June 2, 2015, Lilia Shevtsova sheds new light on the Kremlin’s “Weimar syndrome” by showing how President Vladimir Putin and his acolytes blame the West, especially the United States, for …read more
Source: The American Interest
