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Alexander J. Motyl, Opinion ContributorThe Hill |
The Kremlin may have attempted to lay the groundwork for a hybrid aggression with the Narva People’s Republic “hoax.”
Such costly miscalculations have many reasons.
Nepal looked stable, and few would have expected such an outburst.
Russians, and only Russians, can solve this moral dilemma.
If Trump truly wants a Nobel by bringing peace to Ukraine and Russia, he will have to address the primary “root cause” of the war: Putin.
Putin will not and cannot negotiate in good faith, whether in Alaska or elsewhere.
Vladimir Putin recently admitted that Russia is an artificial construct created by violence.
Trump showed that Russia is a bit player with oversized delusions of grandeur.
Putin, in gifting Safronov’s portrait, presumably knew that Trump would appreciate it.