Putin knows how he wants to shape Europe, unlike the west Timothy Garton Ash
As Russian troops mass on the frontiers of Ukraine, threatening the largest war in Europe since 1945, the whole world is trying to guess Vladimir Putin’s intentions. But the strategic question the democracies of Europe and North America need to ask is: what are our intentions? Putin’s goal in eastern Europe is clear. He wants to restore as much as possible of the empire, great power
status and sphere of influence that Russia lost 30 years ago, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union. It is only his tactics that keep us guessing. Since
