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The West Stands At The Brink

The western foreign policy playbook has failed to allow the EU and NATO to impose themselves geopolitically during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This has to change.

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Julien Hoez
Feb 24, 2022
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Here we go again.

Exactly 7 years, 11 months, 3 days after Russia invaded Ukraine, using masked and unmarked russian troops to invade and annex Crimea, we are once again watching the same thing happen, albeit more overtly, in Donetsk and Luhansk.

While significant efforts were made to find a peaceful, diplomatic solution to the ongoing crisis before it be…

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