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political scientist, author, teach at columbia sipa, columnist at time, president @eurasiagroup, @gzeromedia. if you lived here, you'd be home now.

Apr 8, 2022, 5 tweets

in his latest op-ed for @TheEconomist, john mearsheimer argues that the west – not russia – is responsible for the war in ukraine.

that’s not how i see it.

my response in this week’s @gzeromedia #TheRedPen.

read the original article -> economist.com/by-invitation/…

i broke out #TheRedPen with @EurasiaGroup’s @WitlinZ and @ga_thomps to explain why vladimir putin alone bears responsibility.

on the west – and america – being responsible…

on ignoring moscow’s red line and bringing ukraine closer to the west…

#TheRedPen

on the war in ukraine having little to do with putin’s imperial ambitions…

#TheRedPen

on the cost of war in ukraine…
no argument there.

#TheRedPen

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