Showing posts with label war in the Ukraine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label war in the Ukraine. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Revanchism and russophobia: the dark undercurrents of the war in the Ukraine



The situation in the Ukraine is more or less calm right now, and this might be the time to step back from the flow of daily reports and look at the deeper, underlying currents.  The question I want to raise today is one I will readily admit not having an answer to.  What I want to ask is this: could it be that one of the key factors motivating the West’s apparently illogical and self-defeating desire to constantly confront Russia is simply revanchism for WWII?

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