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In 1993, right out of college, I was honored to do research for Zbigniew Brzezinski.
As brilliant as it gets, he was also an incredibly nice man, who had to get his tennis match in every day.
While others were celebrating Yeltsin and the…
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In 1993, right out of college, I was honored to do research for Zbigniew Brzezinski.
As brilliant as it gets, he was also an incredibly nice man, who had to get his tennis match in every day.
While others were celebrating Yeltsin and the…
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usatoday.com/story/news/202…
new Russia, my primary assignment for Dr. Brzezinski was to do deep and continuing research on the “new” Ukraine. It’s politics. Economics. Etc.
No one else was talking about Ukraine. But it’s all he wanted me to do.
Regular reports & a longer paper
(Before the Internet)
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No one else was talking about Ukraine. But it’s all he wanted me to do.
Regular reports & a longer paper
(Before the Internet)
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He then explained it.
As he said then, Ukraine is the key. If Ukraine is a strong country that stands on its own, Russia will remain within its borders and not be tempted to return to its past expansionist ways.
But a weakened Ukraine risks an expansionist Russia
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As he said then, Ukraine is the key. If Ukraine is a strong country that stands on its own, Russia will remain within its borders and not be tempted to return to its past expansionist ways.
But a weakened Ukraine risks an expansionist Russia
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At the time, there was little talk about this.
We were celebrating the “end of history” and the exciting new global order, remember?
So when I read this headline today — “Russia 'won't stop' with Ukraine, experts warn” — I could only think of all that research.
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We were celebrating the “end of history” and the exciting new global order, remember?
So when I read this headline today — “Russia 'won't stop' with Ukraine, experts warn” — I could only think of all that research.
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And sadly, it’s once again clear just how correct Dr. Brzezinski was.
Let’s hope we can avoid the worst in the near-term, and the dominoes of consequences that would likely result.
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Let’s hope we can avoid the worst in the near-term, and the dominoes of consequences that would likely result.
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