This editors of n+1 are not interested in any of the simple narratives about Ukraine:

There’s a reason Ukraine is at the heart of the most significant geopolitical crisis yet to appear in the post-Soviet space. There is no post-Soviet state like it.

This piece is as hard on American intellectuals as it is on the Russian leadership, and it would go nicely with a cup of coffee.

Eli Sanders was The Stranger's associate editor. His book, "While the City Slept," was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He once did this and once won...