Putinistas blaming America for Ukraine let the Dictators Club off the hook
The facts don’t support a shadowy Washington conspiracy. NATO has not ‘expanded’ east towards Russia. Former Soviet nations have rushed westward towards democratic freedoms and collective security.
The idea that democracies bait their autocratic opponents into doing something rash is remarkably persistent.
NATO expansion forced Putin to invade Ukraine, China will invade Taiwan because of US hegemonic militarism, North Korea is launching missiles because it feels boxed in. And so on.
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Misha Zelinsky is a Fulbright Scholar, a former assistant national secretary Australian Workers' Union, and expert associate at the National Security College.
