Russia’s greatest challenge may not be winning the war. It may be living with the consequences of winning it.
That is not a prediction of Russian collapse. We have heard variations of that prediction for years. They have not aged well. Russia has
That is not a prediction of Russian collapse. We have heard variations of that prediction for years. They have not aged well. Russia has absorbed sanctions that many thought would cripple its economy. It has replaced battlefield losses on a scale that surprised Western governments. It has kept its defense industry running and, in some sectors, expanded production.
The Kremlin has shown a capacity for adaptation that many observers underestimated.
Yet adaptation is not the same thing as emerging unscathed.
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