Well, Doc, good morning from Ukraine. Your article is all well and good but you forget to mention one of the main issues which is Russian Orthodoxy which was born out of Kyivan Orthodoxy. Russia cannot fathom that Kyivan Rus is independent in existence of Muscovy. Nor can they admit that their history would be inferior if not for its founding in Kyivan Rus. The Muscovites have been pushing the Third Rome argument for a couple hundred years maybe more. Dugin is just building on that. Sitting here after 8 months of war, it would seem that NATO needs Ukraine more than Ukraine needs NATO. New alliances will form when this war ends and that's Ukraine's plan. That's two cents from an American in Ukraine.