On Robert Service on "The Two Blunders That Caused The Ukraine War"

Shows my ignorance that I have to rely on second-hand, op-ed level accounts of expert opinion on this matter...but I thought it was really good.

Just one bit that seems clearly true:

The invasion of Ukraine, Mr. Service says, is not a tragedy for Ukraine alone. It’s a tragedy for Russia. “Russian people don’t deserve a ruler like Putin. They’ve not had very much luck with their rulers in the last 150 years. In fact, they’ve had appalling luck.”