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“Architects of American policy towards Russia and Ukraine are destroying American national security”: Stephen F. Cohen on the truths U.S. media and politicians hide

“Architects of American policy towards Russia and Ukraine are destroying American national security”: Stephen F. Cohen on the truths U.S. media and politicians hide

April 23, 2015 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Myths of American nationalism busted as our interview with noted scholar concludes If there is a lesson in Stephen F. Cohen’s professional fortunes over the past year, it is the peril of advancing a dispassionate reading of our great country’s…

The New York Times “basically rewrites whatever the Kiev authorities say”: Stephen F. Cohen on the U.S./Russia/Ukraine history the media won’t tell you

The New York Times “basically rewrites whatever the Kiev authorities say”: Stephen F. Cohen on the U.S./Russia/Ukraine history the media won’t tell you

April 16, 2015 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

There’s an alternative story of Russian relations we’re not hearing. Historian Stephen Cohen tells it here It is one thing to comment in a column as the Ukrainian crisis grinds on and Washington—senselessly, with no idea of what will come…

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