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Ideology, Alexandr Dugin, and Possible Russian Escalation
Important relevant update that just came via the New York Times. I don’t have inside sources, just been reading into this for decades.
In Situation Room meetings in recent days, the issue has come up repeatedly, according to three officials. Mr. Putin’s tendency, American intelligence officials have told the White House and Congress, is to double down when he feels trapped by his own overreach. So they have described a series of possible reactions, ranging from indiscriminate shelling of Ukrainian cities to compensate for the early mistakes made by his invading force, to cyberattacks directed at the American financial system, to more nuclear threats and perhaps moves to take the war beyond Ukraine’s borders.
When I raise the point that this likely will not stop at the Ukrainian border I am not repeating a Ukrainian talking point. I am relying on the ideologue behind Putinism, Alexandr Dugin. He is a Russian nationalist and the man behind a…