“He had reached that moment in life when a man abandons himself to his demons or to his genius, following a mysterious law which bids him either to destroy or outdo himself.”
— Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
by Leon Aron
Could Russia invade another country while the assault on Ukraine is ongoing?
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (center), Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov (left), and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrive to oversee the Kavkaz 2020 multinational military exercises in Astrakhan Region, Russia, September 25, 2020.
Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via Reuters
“He had reached that moment in life when a man abandons himself to his demons or to his genius, following a mysterious law which bids him either to destroy or outdo himself.”
— Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
About the Author
Leon Aron is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of Riding the Tiger: Vladimir Putin’s Russia and Its Uses of War.
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“He had reached that moment in life when a man abandons himself to his demons or to his genius, following a mysterious law which bids him either to destroy or outdo himself.”
— Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
About the Author
Leon Aron is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of Riding the Tiger: Vladimir Putin’s Russia and Its Uses of War.
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