Vladimir Putin has done for Western diplomacy what the striped-pants set never could. For instance, "Finland joining NATO out of fear of Russia means that Ukraine’s status — neutral or not — no longer matters." There's a lot, though, for Rod Dreher to worry about.
The catastrophic loss of the First World War led to the overthrow of the monarchy entirely. As [Russian dissident Boris] Kagarlitsky points out elsewhere in his essay, even if Russia prevails on the battlefield, there is no way Russian forces can successfully occupy a hostile Ukraine. I can see why the Hungarians and the Romanians I’ve been talking to are still very, very concerned about this war going wider. It’s not that they fear that Putin actually wants to take their territory. It’s fear that a cornered wolverine might do something insane.That is, if this episode of exporting Pan-Slavism doesn't turn out the way the 1905 Japan mission or the 1939 Finland missions do first.
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