{"id":60944,"date":"2025-02-13T08:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T08:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?p=60944"},"modified":"2025-02-14T02:26:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T02:26:17","slug":"big-picture-reading-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/13\/big-picture-reading-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Picture reading: Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is some interesting analysis on Donald Trump and his &#8220;peace plan&#8221; for Ukraine:<\/p>\n<p>Phillips O&#8217;Brien, professor of strategic studies at University of St Andrews, Scotland: <a href=\"https:\/\/phillipspobrien.substack.com\/p\/what-europe-can-do-in-a-worse-case\">What Europe Can do in a Worst-Case Scenario<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nataliya Gumenyuk, Ukrainian journalist and co-founder of The Reckoning Project: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/ukraine\/putins-ukraine\">Putin\u2019s Ukraine &#8211; The End of War and the Price of Russian Occupation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Timothy Snyder, American historian and expert on European history: <a href=\"https:\/\/snyder.substack.com\/p\/crossing-a-line\">Crossing a line<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is some interesting analysis on Donald Trump and his &#8220;peace plan&#8221; 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