![]() ![]() ![]() His declared goal of the invasion, the “denazification” of Ukraine, is a code for his real aim: antidemocratic regime change. ![]() This highlights a second flaw: Since Putin fears democracy and the threat that it poses to his regime, and not expanded NATO membership, taking the latter off the table will not quell his insecurity. Moscow has in the past acknowledged Ukraine’s right to join NATO the Kremlin’s complaints about the alliance spike in a clear pattern after democratic breakthroughs in the post-Soviet space. First, NATO has been a variable and not a constant source of tension between Russia and the West. Russian president Vladimir Putin wants you to believe that NATO is responsible for his February 24 invasion of Ukraine-that rounds of NATO enlargement made Russia insecure, forcing Putin to lash out. ![]()
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