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Can Europe's Economy Handle Russian Sanctions? | Frances Coppola

Forward Guidance

CHAPTER

The West's Sleepwalking Into War

Francis Coontz: Leaders of the West did not read the signals that made it clear what Putin's intentions were. He says they started as soon as he came to power, on a mandate to break Chechnya and then seized parts of Georgia in 2008. "We talk about Ukraine as if this is a new war but it was in 2014," writes Coontz. 'Most of the population are Ukrainian speakers who never wanted this'

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