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Cold War By Other Means

Cold War By Other Means

May 28, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, CounterPunch

Ukraine: the Crisis in Context It is never easy to see the present as history: Being inside events, being the stuff of which events are made, makes distance and the perspective that comes of it difficult. It is not a…

The Two Ukraines Portend a Disastrous Possibility

The Two Ukraines Portend a Disastrous Possibility

February 24, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

In less than a week, the simmering crisis in Ukraine has tipped into tragedy and tumbled straight down to existential calamity. As Viktor Yanukovych fled Saturday from the presidential compound in Kiev to a hotel room in the eastern city…

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