Europe, Power & Security, Russia Putin’s dangerous delusions of empire

The world is not enduring a ‘Ukraine crisis’, but rather a Russia crisis. So said Germany’s new foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, at the most recent Munich Security Conference, which was dominated by the situation in eastern Europe.

In fact, Russia’s crisis goes even deeper than Baerbock probably meant. We are witnessing the latest instalment in a longer process. Russia is trying to decide whether it is a nation-state or an aspiring empire, and until that fundamental question is resolved, conflicts like the one over Ukraine will continue in various forms.

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