This is an aggressively stupid take (Sach's, not yours), and I appreciate your thorough takedown. He apparently, despite all his credentials, has seemingly zero interest in contextualizing the Ukraine invasion in the broader Russian and Soviet history. NATO is a defensive alliance, and even Putin recognizes that, as evidenced by the fact that he doesn't try to hide any of his men, ordnance or supply lines from our very capable satellites. It is true that he hates NATO, but it's not because it threatens Russian security. It's that it threatens his ability to re-establish the Russian empire. That pesky article 5. If anyone needs any evidence of that, just look what happened to Georgia during the Bush administration after their membership was discussed. I guess according to Sachs, their suffering was our fault, too???