Reposting this article dated Feb 24, 2022, the first day of russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine.

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Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel:
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine is Essentially Not About NATO

https://www.justsecurity.org/80343/russias-new-assault-on-ukraine-is-not-entirely-maybe-not-even-largely-about-nato/

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Is Essentially Not About NATO

Instead of buying Putin's claimed sense of military threat, theorists of realism should see the driver in his disdain for democracy.

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@djembro

Yes, otherwise they'd have gone to war with Finland.