In the first part of this analysis it was proposed that Putin’s actions – annexation of the Crimea, a build up of the army at the eastern border of the Ukraine, a refusal to negotiate through diplomacy, bear all the signs of a President following an out-dated world view of international relations. One that employs …
Month: March 2014
An EU Perspective on the crisis in the Ukraine
Last year the EU won the Nobel Peace Prize. This year it finds itself threatened by a new European war. What went wrong? Can it be that the EU is, as some critics suggest, an agent provocateur seeking to encroach and undermine Russian interests in its sphere of influence? Is the EU nothing more than …
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