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Nobody Wins in Ukraine

Power Problems

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The US-Russian Rivalry in the Cold War

Harper's essay argues that NATO expansion presented Moscow with a threat it could use to justify invading Ukraine. U.S.-backed civil society groups have helped spread democracy in Eastern Europe, he says. The idea that this is just one man totally divorced from the history, culture and geopolitical identity of Russia is just wrong, Harper writes.

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