Four steps to surviving the Russia crisis

The atrocities committed against Ukrainians and the fear of further invasions is leading many to call for drastic action to contain Russia. However, should the West put its foot on the first rung of the escalation ladder, it must be willing to climb it.

 
In just days, Russia’s high-risk war of aggression in Ukraine has become a nuclear crisis. A nuclear crisis is a confrontation with a heightened probability of military hostilities, that takes place in, and is conditioned by, the shadow of nuclear weapons and their possible use. And this nuclear crisis may endure for some time. We don’t know how long this will last or where it is headed. As things stand, Ukraine may be spared a rapid conquest. But it may then suffer the distress of a protracted war and occupation, well beyond the time scale and costs that Putin’s regime hoped for. The war itself is already inflicting brutal losses. And now that both Ukraine, NATO, and a broader US-led coalition counters it with arms, economic sanctions, intelligence and diplomacy, nuclear-armed states are on a dangerous potential collision course. Through inadvertence or miscalculation, the economic war, proxy war and war of words could tip over into an actual shooting conflict.

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-Knowing that Russia would invade Ukraine was not enough, wrote Suzanne Raine. The warnings were accurate but the West failed to believe them, making collective deterrent action far less effective.

–Elisabeth Braw said there should be no Kulturkampf on Russian artists who are yet to publicly oppose Putin.

–Emily Channell-Justice explained how this is far from the first time Ukrainians have been displaced by war.

– Jacob Lassin dissected Orthodox history. For Putin this conflict has become a holy war.

Πηγή: engelsbergideas.com