Russia's War Against Ukraine
Alexander J. Motyl: Kissinger’s vapid vision thing
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) meets former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger during the annual Economic Forum in St. Petersburg on June 21, 2012.
For more evidence of how badly Russian President Vladimir Putin has damaged the international order, take a look at former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s recently articulated “vision for US-Russia relations.” It consists of large swaths of boilerplate language and several disingenuous arguments demonstrating that the architect of détente has no idea how to fix what Putin has broken.
