https://archive.ph/Tiggv https://archive.ph/Tiggv On first reading of the title I thought this was a swap! Perhaps let Russia have New York to avoid war. It's

https://archive.ph/Tiggv https://archive.ph/Tiggv On first reading of the title I thought this was a swap! Perhaps let Russia have New York to avoid war. It's very easy to decide on the fate of distant lands where the associated misery can be quietly ignored. And that happens a lot with less newsworthy countries. But consider it for your own country and the calculation changes.