Increasing tensions between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine are a failure by each side to appreciate the mindset of the other.

U.S. President Barack Obama sees the world as governed by international law and the United Nations Charter, while Russian President Vladimir Putin sees the world very differently.

Obama’s approach to the crisis has almost no chance of succeeding and could make things worse as U.S. officials fail to grasp three crucial truths about the situation in Ukraine.

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