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Ukraine war has exposed the folly – and unintended consequences – of 'armed missionaries'

  • Written by Ronald Suny, Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
imagePutin's decision to go to war has seen great geopolitical ripples.Getty Images

The evening before Russia invaded Ukraine, it seemed to many observers – me included – nearly unimaginable that Putin would carry through with weeks of a threatened military attack. As I wrote at the time, Putin is not as erratic or rash as he is sometimes...

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