Andreas Thiel
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This is just the way they frame this.I don't know who to believe.
Do I believe Putin when he says that he just wants to make Ukraine a buffer zone and leave the rest alone? Or do I believe the other side's propaganda, that says Putin wants to rebuild the Soviet empire and storm into Romania, Poland, Lithuania, and the Czech Republic?
My gut tells me the former.
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Russia wants a multipolar world order where the US cannot dictate the terms of deals or else ... but has to negotiate to get things.
All of this is primarily about the economy, less about territory. The west frames this as "a maniac wants the Cold War times back".
But while Putin is not that kind of maniac, at the same time Russia will take this further (economically speaking) and make sure that the global dominance of the US has an end.
On the way there anything war related is in the cards, but not in the "conquer the world" sense, but as a means to an end.
I personally have not read it, but from what I have heard if you read Brzezinski's "The Grand Chessboard" you can see past the emotional spins that both sides add to the narrative right now.
I think even back then it was suggested (by think tanks) that the Ukraine is a perfect candidate to force Russia's hand.
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