Putin’s Invasion Was Immoral but Not Irrational.
I would like tentatively to share the insights and analysis by Mr. Mark F. Cancian, a senior adviser with the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
With the evident failure of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many experts have jumped to explain why Putin’s invasion was doomed to fail. This is classic Monday morning quarterbacking. Evaluating Putin’s decision requires capturing what was known at the time, not what became evident later. Putin’s decision was rational, though risky, like all judgments to go to war. He gambled and lost, but that did not make him irrational.
