by New York Times best selling author Michael Levin
Putin is playing a much longer game than the Americans.
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I thought I would try to cut through the hype and fear-mongering and offer some thoughts on what to expect geopolitically as the new administration takes office.
People are afraid that America will get into a trade war with China; in fact, we’re already in one.
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Putin was a latchkey child raised in a decaying supersized Soviet apartment block.
Putin will continue to neutralize his opponents, invade countries as if he were playing Risk, and generally operate unfettered.
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As economist Herb Stein brilliantly put it in the 1970s, “Things that can’t go on, stop.” At some point, it will be impossible for the utterly corrupt Chinese system to sustain itself; that day is most likely a long way off.