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"For many people, watching the Russian invasion of Ukraine has felt like a
series of “He can’t be doing this” moments. Russia’s Vladimir Putin has
launched the largest ground war in Europe since the Second World War. It is,
quite literally, mind-boggling.
That’s why I reached out to Fiona Hill, one of America’s most clear-eyed Russia
experts, someone who has studied Putin for decades, worked in both Republican
and Democratic administrations and has a reputation for truth-telling, earned
when she testified during impeachment hearings for her former boss, President
Donald Trump.
I wanted to know what she’s been thinking as she’s watched the extraordinary
footage of Russian tanks rolling across international borders, what she thinks
Putin has in mind and what insights she can offer into his motivations and
objectives.
Hill spent many years studying history, and in our conversation, she repeatedly
traced how long arcs and trends of European history are converging on Ukraine
right now. We are already, she said, in the middle of a third World War,
whether we’ve fully grasped it or not."
Via Michael Fenichel and Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
