As Russia woos nations to support its war in Ukraine, will fault lines deepen around the globe?
By Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU, Australian National University
Some 560 days have passed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We have repeatedly been reminded about the awfulness of war – the senseless waste of human life and indiscriminate misery caused by the imperial delusions of a self-interested leader.
But the war has also been revealing in other ways. It has repeatedly defied expectations about its scope, impact and duration.
For Russian President Vladimir Putin, the mistaken belief that he could conquer much of Ukraine…
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Sunday, September 10, 2023