Putin's Nuclear Options is the realist perspectives of how should NATO respond to the Russia Aggression. Putin wants to strike the Western World by nuclear weapons as he announced. After that, there are two opposite groups, Peace Party and War Party, made some suggestion for Putin. The Peace Part urges that they should just take over Ukraine and prevent other aggressive movements to stop the conflicts. The War Party provides two options, go to World War IV or launch a nuclear attack on an unimportant country in NATO. It is less possible to go to war since the NATO has superior armed forces, economy, science, and technology. It is capable to attack a unimportant country, which other NATO members won't sacrifice themselves to save this country. However, it seems not that meaningful. The prediction is that NATO will attack some small islands remote from NATO's heart country in order to penetrate Russia by threatening. Russia will respond with small nuclear strike against a couple of European capitals. Putin will be the winner of this conflict, but he doesn't want to fire the first nuclear weapons due to the fear that all the countries will unite against him and Russia.
Putin's Empire of the Mind analyzes Putin's plans of Russia as a liberalist. We can see he is a passionate Russia patriot from his thought about the collapse of the Soviet Union is the biggest disaster in the world. However, his main goal is to make Russia the most powerful country in the world, not against the West and destroy them. Russia is a very powerful country now, which shows that the annexation of Crimea doesn't make sense. Russia has placed a strong influence in Crimea and there is no need to subsidize it. The conflicts with Ukraine is caused by the imperialism in Russia. The central imperial vision of Putin are that his duty is to save Russia and makes it flourish, he is not aggressive to expand Russia but defending from the chaotic darkness from western influences, and the neighborhood of Russia should be the defensive perimeters of Russia.
NATO Owes Putin a Big Thank You is written as a constructivist. After the Cold War, NATO seems like loosing its function. Besides few conflicts, it nearly miss its meaning and almost dismiss. The Russia aggression in Ukraine revived NATO and makes it useful again. Russia is no longer the powerful Soviet Union. Its influence in Ukraine can't affect the entire Europe. The real challenge for NATO is the collective action. Only real threats to U.S. will arise America' vital interests. That is why the countries surround Russia lobby with America frequently. They want to make sure Americans are on their sides. Every challenge in Eastern Europe is the test for U.S. The prediction here is that U.S. will support NATO with the least costs. The author suggests that U.S. should support Ukraine but on;y conditional support. No matter what, prolong this crisis will only cause a bigger damage.
I believe that Russia aggression should be solved by containment. It doesn't mean to leave it along, but limit its action passively. If NATO leave it along, Putin might become the second Hitler, "Since no one are going to stop me, why not take more territory? " The longer the crisis is, the consequences are greater. It might require World War III to hold back Russia. However, vis-a-vis is not a good policy either. If leave it a long is a weak policy, vis-a-vis is a extreme policy. It might directly lead to WOrld War III. Either one will have a negative effects. The moderate method is to provide enough threats to Russia to subside their aggression. NATO can send troops around Russia to protect the neighbor countries while threaten Russia.
Putin's Empire of the Mind analyzes Putin's plans of Russia as a liberalist. We can see he is a passionate Russia patriot from his thought about the collapse of the Soviet Union is the biggest disaster in the world. However, his main goal is to make Russia the most powerful country in the world, not against the West and destroy them. Russia is a very powerful country now, which shows that the annexation of Crimea doesn't make sense. Russia has placed a strong influence in Crimea and there is no need to subsidize it. The conflicts with Ukraine is caused by the imperialism in Russia. The central imperial vision of Putin are that his duty is to save Russia and makes it flourish, he is not aggressive to expand Russia but defending from the chaotic darkness from western influences, and the neighborhood of Russia should be the defensive perimeters of Russia.
NATO Owes Putin a Big Thank You is written as a constructivist. After the Cold War, NATO seems like loosing its function. Besides few conflicts, it nearly miss its meaning and almost dismiss. The Russia aggression in Ukraine revived NATO and makes it useful again. Russia is no longer the powerful Soviet Union. Its influence in Ukraine can't affect the entire Europe. The real challenge for NATO is the collective action. Only real threats to U.S. will arise America' vital interests. That is why the countries surround Russia lobby with America frequently. They want to make sure Americans are on their sides. Every challenge in Eastern Europe is the test for U.S. The prediction here is that U.S. will support NATO with the least costs. The author suggests that U.S. should support Ukraine but on;y conditional support. No matter what, prolong this crisis will only cause a bigger damage.
I believe that Russia aggression should be solved by containment. It doesn't mean to leave it along, but limit its action passively. If NATO leave it along, Putin might become the second Hitler, "Since no one are going to stop me, why not take more territory? " The longer the crisis is, the consequences are greater. It might require World War III to hold back Russia. However, vis-a-vis is not a good policy either. If leave it a long is a weak policy, vis-a-vis is a extreme policy. It might directly lead to WOrld War III. Either one will have a negative effects. The moderate method is to provide enough threats to Russia to subside their aggression. NATO can send troops around Russia to protect the neighbor countries while threaten Russia.