This book does a decent job of imagining what will go wrong if we give Russia what they want with a peace treaty. It takes place in 2033 and has the Ukraine war ending in 2025 with Russia keeping what it’s taken with no security guarantees for Ukraine. https://www.byteseu.com/1277413/ #Ukraine #UkraineConflict #UkraineConflict
unlike the Soviet Union, today’s Russia is governed by leaders who want the perks of the West, such as vacationing abroad, while exercising unchecked power domestically and in neighboring states. They are profoundly corrupt and possess no unifying ideology like the Soviets once had to challenge the West on political theory or practical governance.
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I dunno, all governments seem pretty corrupt. Mehbe in different ways, but corrupt all the same
