Everyone has a fantasy ending for the Ukraine war.

Here’s the grown-up one: don’t fix Russia—box it in.

Freeze the war in place, arm Ukraine to the teeth, and let time chew on Putinism. I make the case in "Caging the Colossus": 👇🎧 open.substack.com/pub/professo...

The Article ~

This is from the Financial Times.

Trump is throwing grenades, again. 💥🤯 I have no desire to react to every statement because most of his words are bombast for the purpose of self-promotion and negotiation.

Make Russia 🇷🇺 Small Again!

Some things are just wrong. 😑

Accurate.

Ukrainian 🇺🇦 buildup noted by Russians 🇷🇺. They 🇷🇺 expect an offensive.

Accurate.

1 euro to 109 Rubles today.