How Domestic Repression Predicted International Belligerence
Today's journalists are not speaking truth to power by covertly advocating for direct military intervention in Ukraine.
The 24th of February, 2022, was a jolt to the European mentality. The invasion of Ukraine, which lacked any credible justification, the massive use of military force against civilians, and the attempted assassination of a lawfully elected government were all completely unexpected. But so did August 1st, 1914, or September 1st, 1939: they were all shocks that shook the world. However, they should not have been as surprising as they were.