The Cold War warriors are back at the Foreign Affairs journal!
What if glasnost and perestroika return to Russia? Was Mikhail Gorbachev (the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the country's dissolution in 1991) only a one time, singular historical accident in Russia? I doubt it!
Will the Russian people remember War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (published in 1869)?
Will the Russian people, which suffered now over 1 million war casualties that maimed and killed young Russian men in this absurd Russo-Ukrainian War, not have second thoughts about another strong man like Putin the Terrible?
"... Even if defeated, Russia will remain the primary threat in Europe for years to come. Despite its stagnating economy, poor demographics, and ossifying authoritarian regime, Russia remains the main power capable of and invested in upending the continent’s security architecture. ..."
Current issue
Front page of War and Peace sixth volume, first edition, 1869 (Russian)
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