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    Mar 11, 2022 3 minutes

    Putin fails to learn from history

    Daniel Gros

    Project Syndicate

    Winning a war requires military (and therefore economic) strength, says Daniel Gros. Russia “might have an advantage over Ukraine for now”, but ultimately, it is far weaker than the West it ultimately aims to challenge (see right). Building a large, modern fighting force capable of engaging in a prolonged conflict while “maintaining an outsize nuclear force and advancing great-power ambitions globally, would be a truly astonishing achievement”. It is not one it can

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