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Bitter Lessons for Kyiv in South Caucasus
Chris Johnston at World Affairs points out that the Russians have a model for how to frustrate Ukraine and the Europeans. They've been practicing their model on Armenia and Azerbaijan the last two decades. Couple that to what they did in Georgia and you'll see the Putin Policy at work -- keep former Soviet states in the Russian orbit by various forms of intimidation.
It's working as America has abdicated any role in helping the former Soviet states protect themselves, and Europe resolutely refuses to lead. Once Putin has eastern Ukraine under firm Russian control he'll pick another former Soviet state to freeze and frustrate. My prediction: Estonia. |
Posted by: Steve White 2014-07-20 |
