Maybe Biden is stuck somewhere in the 18th century, but I liked Mearsheimer (see link above) calling (with tongue in cheek) the DC foreign policy establishment 21st century people, and Putin, himself and some few others 19th century people. The latter understand power balance and power politics, the 21st century f.p. “experts” don’t even know how to spell it.
Talking about foreign policy establishment I see that W. Lewis Anslelm - the Diplomad - has started to blog again. I send the links to his three latest installments. The last one (top of the list) is about Putin and Ukraine:
https://thediplomad.blogspot.com/2022/01/drums-along-potomac-will-we-bumble-into.html#comment-form
https://thediplomad.blogspot.com/2022/01/right-all-along-biden-as-ed-woods-bela.html
https://thediplomad.blogspot.com/2022/01/back-sorta.html