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Putin Should Reverse Course to Save Russia’s Strategic Interests

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Putin Should Reverse Course to Save Russia’s Strategic Interests
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 22, 2022. Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images
Bradley A. Thayer
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin has gotten himself into a strategic hole with his invasion of Ukraine. He is determined to keep digging, that is, sustaining and escalating the war with Kyiv.

Bradley A. Thayer
Bradley A. Thayer
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Bradley A. Thayer is a founding member of the Committee on Present Danger China and the coauthor with Lianchao Han of “Understanding the China Threat” and the coauthor with James Fanell of “Embracing Communist China: America’s Greatest Strategic Failure.”
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