Day 201
Schwerpunkt
In early 2014 a bunch of things happened at once: the end of a revolution, annexation of Crimea, Russia’s military invasion of Donbas, and also concentration camps, a sort of formalization of Russia’s version of fascism (rashism) that turned millions of citizens of Russia and Ukraine into cannon fodder and internally displaced persons.
Eight years later, Russia launched an all-out invasion, moving from a hybrid war to a conventional imperialist bloodbath copied from the old history books.
Western leaders perfectly understand the true goals of Putin's foreign policy, but they have struggled to agree on a unified position on how to best to obliterate Russia’s center of gravity, what Carl von Clausewitz called Schwerpunkt. The 19th century Prussian theorist introduced the topic in his famous treaties, Vom Kriege, calling this the point where all force must be directed.
What is the center of gravit…
