The Operatic Score: Why Boris Godunov explains the Baku Accords

MOSCOW — I spent my Sunday evening at the Bolshoi. An opera is a system of immense pressure, where the "Sovereignty of the Voice" prevents chaos. Geopolitics is the same. The CSU is a Grand Opera—we have a clear conductor and a rigid score. We don't pretend the world is a frictionless "Data-Mesh." We know it is a high-stakes performance where the strongest voice wins. While the APU technocrats are singing in a climate-controlled booth, we are singing in the blizzard. Our voice may be rougher, but it is much harder to silence. The applause tonight was thunderous. The grid is stable, the score is set, and the curtain is finally coming down on the 20th century. Today, I am ready for the drama of 2023.