Security News > 2024 > April > Friday Squid Blogging: Searching for the Colossal Squid
What motivates the Russian autocrat? Browder argues that "Putin is a little man, who has stolen too much money, who is terrified of losing power. If he loses power he will go to jail, lose his money, and die. So you've this little [man] who is scared of losing his life. So what [does Putin] do?" He creates "a foreign enemy. That is what the Ukrainian invasion is all about."Browder warns that despite heroic efforts: Ukraine can still lose the war if the West backs away from its commitments to the besieged nation.
What would come next? Browder argues that Putin cannot back down or not begin an invasion of Europe: Putin's ability to survive, having stolen hundreds of billions from his own people, depends on him being able to portray himself as a war president keeping his nation safe.
The first video has a slow start but gets enough into geopolitics and disinformation and, later, voting systems enough to keep me happy.
They all tie directly or indirectly into material I wanted to write about even if the angle or details or depth are different.
I wanted to write about geopolitical issues which have been annoying me.
There's multiple open letters of protest by 300-400 respectable academics worldwide at the last count.