West Repeating Error Of 1980s And Overrating Moscow’s Strength And Survivability – OpEd

In the 1980s, Western governments and experts overrated both the strength and likely longevity of the Soviet Union, with many assuming it would survive and perhaps even prosper over at least several decades. Now, Peter Zashev says, their successors are making a similar mistake about Putin’s Russia.

In fact, the Russian...