My Twitter mentions are a wreck from this topic because nuance is dead.

It's 2022 and we're still fighting battles rooted in 1938.

There’s a lot of history behind the Russian-Ukraine showdown. Eastern Europe doesn’t want a reprise of the USSR. Russia has constant existential dread of being invaded from that direction and has always wanted neutrals or allies on their borders.

When we were negotiating the end of German division (CSCE), Mikhail Gorbachev wanted something to take back t…