When U.S. President Joe Biden visited Europe last week, only one world leader received his undivided attention for an entire day: Vladimir Putin.
At his press conference in Geneva, Biden claimed that the last thing his Russian counterpart wanted was another Cold War. The truth, however, is that in some respects what the West sees as Russia’s misbehavior in recent years has achieved exactly what Moscow wanted: to be treated as a “great power”, equal on its own terms with the United States and China.
