Tag: Boris Bondarev

  • Hey, Putin, we’ve got nukes and troops too

    Hey, Putin, we’ve got nukes and troops too

    Former Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev has delivered an extraordinarily harsh assessment of Europe’s response to Vladimir Putin. His language is deliberately provocative, and some of his prescriptions are dangerously escalatory. But the central question he raises deserves serious attention: what happens when deterrence exists on paper but your opponent does not believe you are willing…