Day 446

Swimming across the Dnipro

May 15, 2023

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Previously unreported U.S. intelligence?

War is the continuation of politics by other means, says Clausewitz in On War. To an aggressor, war can seem like a direct way to alter the domestic politics of another country. When Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine seeking "denazification and demilitarization," he meant killing Ukraine's leaders, purging its society, changing its regime…

3 years ago · 366 likes · 37 comments · Timothy Snyder

Really?

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 directed1.

Timothy and Isabelle, a sports writer at The Washington Post, are now screaming for us to pay attention to Putin’s cook2.

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