Besides relearning the obvious — that war is hell — we’ve also learned a few less-than-obvious things about Russia, Ukraine and the West in 2022. 1) Russia is a revanchist, imperialist, genocidal and fascist state that bears strong resemblance to Nazi Germany. The Russo-Ukrainian War has dispelled our illusions about Russia’s heading toward some form of internal normality and external equilibrium. Ronald Reagan famously called the Soviet Union an “evil empire.” The Russian Federation is an evil would-be empire, which may be even worse. Would-be empires expand and start wars, while established empires are generally satisfied with the status quo....