In eying aggression, Putin envying American tactics

Putin might wish to mimic his U.S. counterparts with an equally cavalier disregard for international law, however, Russia of 2022 is not the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War.

Russian President Vladimir Putin can make threats of unleashing nuclear Armageddon should he feel further threatened, but he does not have the military means to defy NATO, even in his own neighbourhood writes Scott Taylor. Flickr image by DonkeyHotey

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

January 10, 2022

OTTAWA—As the sabre-rattling between NATO and Russia intensifies over the sovereignty of Ukraine, so, too, has the hypocrisy increased on the part of those cheerleading for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. These tub-thumpers feign moral outrage that Russian President Vladimir Putin would e...

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