US Intentions in Ukraine
If you’re just watching from the outside it is difficult to determine the thinking behind the US actions towards Russia in Ukraine, but if you have a resource like Scott Horton he’ll point you in the right direction. Scott sent me a link to a book The Rand Corporation wrote about how and why to contain Russia. Here’s the link to read the 354 pg manifesto for free.
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf