Trump Explains The Russo-Ukraine War (Page 2/2) rinselberg MAR 22, 02:48 PM EXCERPT quote ... to understand the war in Ukraine, we must go beyond the political projects of Western leaders and Mr. Putin’s psyche. The ardor and content of Mr. Putin’s declarations are not new or unique to him. Since the 1990s, plans to reunite Ukraine and other post-Soviet states into a transcontinental superpower have been brewing in Russia. A revitalized theory of Eurasian empire [Trubetzkoy’s Eurasianism] informs Mr. Putin’s every move. EXCERPT quote This brew of attitudes — complaints about Western aggression, exaltation of traditional values over the decadence of individual rights, assertions of Russia’s duty to unite Eurasia and subordinate Ukraine — developed in the cauldron of post-imperial resentment. Now they infuse Mr. Putin’s worldview and inspire his brutal war. The goal, plainly, is empire. And the line will not be drawn at Ukraine. "The Grand Theory Driving Putin to War" Jane Burbank for the New York Times; March 22, 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/202...tin-eurasianism.html