Technicalities: The Last Refuge of Strategic Evasion. In modern geopolitics, where optics often outweigh outcomes, Vladimir Putin has crafted a political persona that seems almost metaphysical—detached, untouchable, and immune to accountability. He has positioned himself as a figure above consequence, impervious to the shifting tides of global affairs, echoing more the composure of a saint than the urgency of a statesman. Against this cultivated detachment, it's hardly surprising that a series of geopolitical alarm bells failed to provoke meaningful recalibration from the Kremlin. For Putin, these were not indicators of systemic failure but mere background noise to his long-term vision—or detachment. From the 2008 invasion of Georgia, the Euromaidan uprising, mounting Western sanctions, the Syrian debacle, political assassinations, the tragic Kursk incident, to the wiping out of a significant portion. of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet, the list of strategic missteps is long an...
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