We should have seen this coming. One of the more important skills I’ve gained here at GW, thanks to a great professor I currently have, is empathetic analysis. In the world of foreign politics and policy, it is too easy to simply view the issues of the world through your cultural lens and engage in a narcissistic policy process. To quote General Sun Tzu, “Know thy enemy, know thyself.” Some of what has happened on February 24th is in part because the West did not listen to Ge