Pivoting on Putin


“Vladimir Putin is at war with Ukraine” seems a more accurate sentence than “Russia is at war with Ukraine”, given Russia’s internal power structures.

When it comes to military conflicts, there are insightful comparisons to be made between autocrats like Putin and countries deemed "liberal democracies" like the United States.

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