I really don't understand what NATO's understanding of the situation and goals have been in the post-USSR.
Putin tried to reconcile with the Atlantic bloc but they categorically rejected any possibility of that. I can't say how much of an opportunist Putin would have been but we never got to find out. If he were extremely opportunistic the Russia-China partnership of today would be much less solid today. Instead there has been this extremely strong to antagonise Russia. I can only guess but they probably want Russia have a pro-US government, deindustrialise them and balkanise them further. But any chances of that seem all but gone now. Their war failed. Their sanctions failed. Putin remain popular. Ties with China and the global south as a whole remain strong. Where do they go from here? On the current path the only possible outcome is further escalation, possibly provoking a nuclear war at some point. Is the US reich even capable of reigning in their belligerence at any point?
I really don't understand what NATO's understanding of the situation and goals have been in the post-USSR.
Putin tried to reconcile with the Atlantic bloc but they categorically rejected any possibility of that. I can't say how much of an opportunist Putin would have been but we never got to find out. If he were extremely opportunistic the Russia-China partnership of today would be much less solid today. Instead there has been this extremely strong to antagonise Russia. I can only guess but they probably want Russia have a pro-US government, deindustrialise them and balkanise them further. But any chances of that seem all but gone now. Their war failed. Their sanctions failed. Putin remain popular. Ties with China and the global south as a whole remain strong. Where do they go from here? On the current path the only possible outcome is further escalation, possibly provoking a nuclear war at some point. Is the US reich even capable of reigning in their belligerence at any point?