216 | Ian Morris: How Russia's Grand Strategy Drives the War in Ukraine
The Realignment
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Is Putin Trying to Reconstitute the Soviet Union?
Is putin trying to reconstitute the soviet union? Or is he trying to rebuild the russian empire. The distinction was one that wouldn't have mattered up until recently. What really matters here is the geo politics rather than the ideologies. This has been a trait of Russian foreign policy going back, certainly all the way to pto thgreat. And i think anyRussian leader who wants to be successful and remembered will try to push this frontier back.
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