> Going down as an aggressor and turning his entire country into a geopolitical pariah seems bizarre. I watched this Guardian interview last week where a histo

> Going down as an aggressor and turning his entire country into a geopolitical pariah seems bizarre. I watched this Guardian interview last week where a historian described Putin as a relic of the 19th century: a time where might made right. And I'm tempted to agree. He doesn't see the world with nuance; and doesn't give any credence to the concept of "soft power"—he's a realpolitik hardliner stuck in the Cold War.