Creating a process where people feel comfortable and obligated to challenge assumptions is the best insurance against making bad decisions; this was missing in Putin's decision to invade Ukraine based on false assumption that Ukraine was not a real country.

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William Burns

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Creating process where people feel obligation to challenge assumptions is best insurance against bad decisions

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William J. Burns: America in a World of Upheaval | Foreign Affairs InterviewForeign Affairs
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:46:13 PM

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