NP - Krugman: Petrothoughts (Via Kevin Drom)

[alice malice]

If you apply the grand chessboard, Crimea is conceded to Putin and the
Ukraine, a pawn is perfectly positioned. Neither matters much in the
grand chessboard, Eurasia is the middle of the board, and the US is
focused on the Queen, that is, China, not Russia. Putin would like to
make it about him, about Nazis and the like, but t is not about Russia
or Nazis. Germany has some obvious weaknesses from history and the
Nazi history, though no longer crippling, still limits Germany's
ambition. But Germany will run for the Americans, be sure of that, and
the neo-Nazis will be dispensed with once they've been used, as in
Ukraine. I like Obama's soft power Castle in Cuba. Nice move,  O.

On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Thomas Eckhardt
<thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
> Am 19.12.2014 um 05:56 schrieb alice malice:
>>
>> It doesn't much matter anyways, the Ukraine is not important and the
>> Crimea less so,
>
>
> You should tell that to Zbigniew Brzezinsky who calls Ukraine a
> "geopolitical pivot" in "The Grand Chessboard."
>
> Thomas
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