I think Velina here is one of the few who understands what Putin is attempting to do in Ukraine and his larger strategy:
Not all realists share #Mearsheimer views on Russia's war against Ukraine. I am positioned in the #realpolitik corner while using #geopolitics and #geoeconomics as the main pillars of #foresight.This is my assessment since Dec 2021 (see pinned tweet) on Russia's plan.
Thread🧵👇— Velina Tchakarova (@vtchakarova) May 29, 2022
Putin has very successfully conned most of the PMC libs into believing some wildly incorrect things (or, they have conned themselves) and they are very reluctant to let go of those ideas. But Velina knows what the hell is up.