The ‘Russians are coming!’ campaign has long ceased to surprise anyone in Europe. But after NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s alarmist speech in Berlin, it has reached a new level. What did he do? He called on all Europeans to imagine that tomorrow the war would affect each and every one of them: ‘Conflict reaching […]
Wouldn’t you say that’s a blatantly imperialistic and patronizing way to frame Russia’s relationship with the EU writ large? Not to mention, comically condescending.
reality isn’t condescending