I’ve long maintained that it's primarly a conflict between NATO and Russia with Ukraine as a de facto NATO forward base, Mark. That’s no secret and I’m not alone in that belief. I do think Ukraine within this context has had some agency in the matter, as you put it, which is why I drew attention in my comment to the authors' departure from the conventional narrative "in suggesting that the Ukrainians were not simply the pawns of the Western powers but exercised some autonomy in both fashioning the deal with the Russians and then scuttling it. ”
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