Cassandra ParkinsonDec 18, 2022
WarInTheFuture
“In the end the biggest threats to Russian security do not lie outside its borders but inside its capital.” Another superb essay from Lawrence Freedman on Ukraine and the challenge of dealing with Russia.
https://samf.substack.com/p/who-can-guarantee-russian-security?utm_source=twitter&sd=pf
Who Can Guarantee Russian Security?

And What Makes Putin Insecure?

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Dec 17, 2022 at 9:12pmWeb
Show threadhrobak67NafoFellaDec 17, 2022
@WarInTheFuture If it only was possible to break through the 🇷🇺 fog and make them understand exactly that. The biggest enemy of the 🇷🇺 people is their own regime, plundering them whilst making them believe their enemy is in the West. A West where the regime have their children, billionaire palaces & yachts. A Nobel Prize to the one who could find out how!
Show threadCassandra ParkinsonDec 18, 2022

@WarInTheFuture
A brilliant analysis. I assume Macron has in mind the ultimate failure of the Versailles Treaty when he talks of not humiliating Russia but the long term security of Ukraine must be paramount.

As Freedman says, Putin’s insecurity might start with anxiety about his personal future, but he has extended this into a vision for Russia that involves a permanent struggle with the West and its liberalism. There is little NATO can do about this vision except to ensure Russia’s defeat in #Ukraine.

Show threadDavid LoderDec 18, 2022
@WarInTheFuture Very interesting essay, thanks for sharing it!