Alexander J. Motyl: Sloppy thinking about war helps no one
A picture taken on May 25, 2015 shows Russian military vehicles participating in a drill at the Kuzminsky training ground in the Rostov region, some 50 km from the Russian-Ukrainian border.
How likely is a war between the United States and Russia? According to Matthew Rojansky, director of the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute, in a recent World Politics Review article, "a war between Russia and the United States is more likely today than at any time since the worst years of the Cold War." That's strong language. If Rojansky is right, we should all be starting to worry.
