'This is not diplomacy at all. It is merely acting the role of wrecker. But that is the only tactic that remains available to the United States and NATO Europe. It is strikingly like the dynamic of Greek tragedy, where power leads to hubris that is injurious to others and therefore ultimately anti-social – and self-destructive in the end.'
Michael Hudson in https://michael-hudson.com/2022/07/american-diplomacy-as-a-tragic-drama/