While many lay the blame for Russia's invasion of Ukraine squarely at the feet of Vladimir Putin, some international affairs realists say NATO and Western powers are also responsible. They insist the West provoked the former Soviet superpower by encroaching eastward into its sphere of influence and could have done more to avert the conflict. The Agenda discusses this possibility.


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