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A bestselling national security expert delivers a chilling analysis of how Western indecision and apathy made possible the return of brutal Russian expansionism – with catastrophic consequences.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, six US presidential administrations of both parties pursued policies for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia that emboldened Russia, playing into its imperialist, centuries-long mythos of regional hegemony. The result: military aggression and full-scale invasion. It was all too foreseeable.
In The Folly of Realism, leading national security expert and bestselling author Alexander Vindman argues that America’s mistakes in Eastern Europe result from policymakers’ fixation on immediate, short-term problem-solving and misplaced hopes and fears. He proposes a new long-term, values-based approach that insists on the fundamentals of liberal democracy and a rules-based world order.
Enlivened by firsthand accounts and behind-the-scenes interviews with leading Washington and international policymakers and culminating in the shocking brutality of Putin’s invasions of Ukraine, the book exposes the follies of western foreign policymaking, sources of the dangerous return of Russian imperialism, and proscribes how it can be contained.
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Dear Friends,
Season’s Greetings!
With today marking Christmas Day and the first night of Hanukkah (Christmas presents already opened this morning and Hanukkah presents this evening), I wanted to take a moment to wish you and your loved ones a joyous holiday season.
Of all the phrases associated with this time of year, “peace on earth” feels especially poignant. Over the next few days, I’ll be keeping all the men and women deployed overseas in my thoughts, as well as those celebrating and enduring the winter season in Israel and Ukraine under wartime conditions. I sincerely hope the New Year brings us closer to a lasting peace.
Thank you for your readership and your support. There’s important work ahead in the coming year, and I’m ready to meet those challenges.
Wishing you and your loved ones a joyous holiday season,
The Vindman Family
P.S. If you're still looking for a last-minute gift for the politically minded people in your life, my book is available for pre-order and you can always gift subscriptions to my substack.
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