Big data is an increasingly important part of modern life and online media can be computationally analyzed to reveal patterns, trends, and associations. Using this vast data set, we hope to gain insights into differences across perspectives on Chinese activities and relations abroad.
President Putin made three foundational assumptions in launching his war against Ukraine that should have been correct but were not. First, Putin assumed the invasion of Ukraine would be a quick and easy fight. Second, he assumed the world would denounce the invasion but tacitly allow it. Third, Putin assumed the war would deter NATO expansion.
