Putin’s forceful,almost contemptuous dismissal of warnings from U. S. and European leaders about the dangerous path he was pursuing led to anxious speclation about what lay behind it. After years of pursuing a pragma...Putin’s forceful,almost contemptuous dismissal of warnings from U. S. and European leaders about the dangerous path he was pursuing led to anxious speclation about what lay behind it. After years of pursuing a pragmatic geopolitical game that was understandable,though not always appreciated by the West,Putin seemed to be operating in a different world. He had spent years courting acceptance in organizations like the G8,whose meeting he had planned on hosting in the new Sochi Winter Olympics setting,but in 2014 he seemed to be throwing everything away in pursuit of some sort of mission that few in the west understood.展开更多
文摘Putin’s forceful,almost contemptuous dismissal of warnings from U. S. and European leaders about the dangerous path he was pursuing led to anxious speclation about what lay behind it. After years of pursuing a pragmatic geopolitical game that was understandable,though not always appreciated by the West,Putin seemed to be operating in a different world. He had spent years courting acceptance in organizations like the G8,whose meeting he had planned on hosting in the new Sochi Winter Olympics setting,but in 2014 he seemed to be throwing everything away in pursuit of some sort of mission that few in the west understood.
