How Major Powers Misread the Regions They Attacked

“President Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, both resist the idea that ostensibly weaker powers fought them to a stalemate, with the two leaders leaning on negotiations to win the capitulation that they failed to secure in battle,” the New York Times reports.

“Iran and Ukraine have pushed back robustly against this ‘might makes right’ mentality, with top officials adopting an even more defiant tone in recent days.”