How Not To Bend The Arc of History

Ukraine shows how idealism can get us into an unholy mess.

I have been struggling to put down on paper exactly why the crisis in Ukraine is much bigger than Ukraine, and have been miserably failing these past few weeks. Fortunately, Brookings scholar and Russia expert Fiona Hill penned an article that hits most of the points I would have liked to hit. Do read the whole thing if you have time.

Fiona’s essay opens…