Yves here. It is mystifying and distressing to see Western powers in ever-be-escalating mode with Russia when Russia has moved from strength to strength and is at the cutting edge of combat practices, while NATO members are still cognitively stuck with old doctrine and have badly depleted their weapons caches. The objective where they might kinda-sorta succeed is in erecting an Iron Curtain 2.0. But how is that not a colossal act of self-harm, with Russia richly endowed with badly-needed and oft-scarce commodities, and besties with manufacturing/tech powerhouse China? By Andrew Korybko, a Moscow-based American political analyst who specializes in the global systemic transition to multipolarity in the New Cold War. He has a PhD from MGIMO, which is under the umbrella of the Russian Foreign Ministry.…