Lessons which I’m sure they will learn. ======== The world justifiably feels for Ukraine and finds itself scrambling to come up with an appropriate response to the Russian incursion. Yet even as a whole host of new democracies race to forget their pasts, one could see this Ukraine mess coming. If you are running any of the new democracies with difficult histories—Poland,... Read more
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Lessons in Democracy for Ukraine’s Neighbors
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | Crimea, Losing Freedom, Russia, The LeftNoonan: Warnings From the Ukraine Crisis
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Crimea, Losing Freedom, Noonan, Russia, The LeftA good read. ====== What has been happening in Ukraine is not a wake-up call precisely but a tugging at the attention, a demand to focus. There’s a sense that in some new way we are watching the 21st century take its shape and express its central realities. Exactly 100 years ago, in August 1914, the facts that would shape the 20th century... Read more
Welcome to the 19th Century
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | Crimea, Losing Freedom, Obama, RussiaWell, well, well. Hows the dialog working for you, Mr. President? ========= ‘You just don’t in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pretext,” declared John Kerry on March 2 as Russia began its conquest of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. Though he didn’t intend it, the U.S. Secretary of State was summing up the... Read more
Lessons in Democracy for Ukraine’s Neighbors
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | Crimea, RussiaLessons that we should all be “aware of”, I might add. =================== The world justifiably feels for Ukraine and finds itself scrambling to come up with an appropriate response to the Russian incursion. Yet even as a whole host of new democracies race to forget their pasts, one could see this Ukraine mess coming. If you are running any of the new... Read more
Putin Acts, the West Talks
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | Crimea, RussiaWe shall see just how much damage the likes of Obama and Merkel are willing to let Putin inflict. Much more than most of us would allow, I presume. ======== President Obama and European leaders are ratcheting up their rhetoric against Russia. Too bad Vladimir Putin is a man of action who hasn’t seen anything worth stopping his assault on Ukraine. In the... Read more
