Month: February 2017

III.       Is Compromise Possible? Left unresolved, the current stalemate will eventually lead to war. The Russian leadership cannot tolerate the post-2014 status quo, which it believes will lead to its demise. They also reject Western moral supremacy and global hegemony. Meanwhile, the Western leadership (putting aside Trump for the moment) is dominated by people who […]

Of course Putin hacked the Democrats. Of course he wanted Hillary Clinton to lose the election. Of course he wanted Donald Trump to get elected. The obvious question that doesn’t seem to get much serious attention: Why? The US intelligence report offers a glib response: “…the Kremlin sought to advance its longstanding desire to undermine […]