War in Ukraine: A struggle over Russia’s identity

By Janusz Bugajski, for CEPA As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its fifth year, two recently published books illuminate the fundamental motives for Moscow’s ongoing offensive. They make a compelling case that the armed conflict is intended to demonstrate and perpetuate Russia’s dominance through the usurpation of Ukraine’s history, territory, and identity. In a masterful dissection of Russian history (Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian…