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Mary Sarotte on ‘Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate’

The Lawfare Podcast

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The Ratchet Turn

In each of these three sections, a president or a leader makes a ratchet turn. A ratchet is a tool that turns in one direction only, foreclosing other possibilities. Bush felt very strongly that he wanted to perpetuate nado's ability to expand. But clinton changed his mind and pushed aside this partnership for peace solution. That then means ucrane doesn't receive any kind of secure berth in the post coal or security order.

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