David Satter is one of the world's leading commentators on Russia. The two-volume book series
Never Speak to Strangers is a collection of his articles and essays. Volume two includes
articles about the Russia-Ukraine war and argues that this tragic conflict was preventable.
David Satter's writings and interviews describe the psychological roots of the conflict.
Picking up where the first volume left off the second volume of Never Speak to Strangers
includes material on the historical and psychological roots of Russian aggression the Yeltsin
and Putin regimes and in particular Russia's war against Ukraine. David Satter shows that
change could come to Russia in the wake of a defeat in Ukraine but external events will not be
enough to divert Russia permanently from foreingn aggression and internal repression. For that
what is required is something more fundamental a recognition that world order must be based on
universal moral values and a rejection once and for all of Russia's special way.
