Author profile: Maarten Wensink
Opinion – The West’s Mental Lockdown over Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine
Can the West really not hang together discussing a more complex narrative in which Russia’s concerns do not constitute just cause for atrocities, but may nevertheless have some basis?
Opinion – NATO’s Real Message to the Kremlin
Unfortunately, Western leaders seem more concerned with kudos from Kyiv than with their opponent’s perspective.
Opinion – The West’s Credibility Crisis in the Midst of Putin’s War
Canceling courses on Dostoyevsky and excluding Russian athletes and performers fit seamlessly into modern US culture of hyperpolarization and cancellation, now exported to all of the West
Opinion – The Russia-Ukraine War from the Perspective of a Data Scientist
With its free press, the West is collecting an ever-growing wealth of data on the world. Yet these data are compatible with so many narratives that we remain blind and unbelieved.
