The Dignity-Honor Mismatch - The U.S. And Russia. Wednesday's Edition.

Three cultural dimensions in diplomacy. Series 24 #2

In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Within hours, most Western analysts described the invasion as irrational, unprovoked, and a strategic miscalculation. Russia would face sanctions, be isolated, collapse, and lose the war.

Four years later, the war continues. Russia has not collapsed, the sanctions did not break the economy, and the isolation did …