Obeying in Advance and Appeasement

Capitulating to the “inevitable” doesn’t work.

This Semester I have been teaching US-Russia Post-Cold War Relations for the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA, Romania), Security and Diplomacy Master Program. One of the conversations I’ve recently had with my students was distinguishing between obeying in advance, appeasement and fear of escalation, and how the…