The Russian Invasion of Ukraine Could be Existentially Destabilizing

If you haven’t taken the time to watch the video below, please do so, because this is some serious shit. Some of it is, if I can borrow a phrase from the brilliant Craig Mazin, is “statecraft”, but the perspective of Russian sentiments about the Americans overplaying their hand after the fall of the Soviet Union, and the feelings that that inspired, should not be ignored. Putin came into power on the sentiment of someone who could and would push back against the perception of Western pushiness. I used to think, “Well at least they didn’t…