Russia wanted a new world order. This wasn’t the one it had in mind

Four years ago, Vladimir Putin escalated his war against Ukraine to an all out assault. The plan was for a quick and lively campaign and a speedy takeover of a country the Russian president thought shouldn t exist. Victory would reassert Russia s status and hasten a shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world; instead of one great power (the United States), we d have several. Russia would, of course, become one of the “greats”. Four years on, Russia has not found itself among

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Russia wanted a new world order. This wasn’t the one it had in mind

Four years ago, Vladimir Putin escalated his war against Ukraine to an all out assault. The plan was for a quick and lively campaign and a speedy takeover of a country the Russian president thought shouldn t exist. Victory would reassert Russia s status and hasten a shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world; instead of one great power (the United States), we d have several. Russia would, of course, become one of the “greats”. Four years on, Russia has not found itself among

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