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“Polish saber swinging”? And come on now!

I do not understand those who are wringing their hands that Poland is becoming more and more willing and effective in playing the role of a regional power. I don’t understand them because Poland… is in fact already a regional power. And it would be rather unnatural to pretend that …

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The horror, the horror – about a year of war

In terms of its historical goals, Russia lost this war the moment it was started. He bombed Ukraine, which he wanted to lure back, into an enemy nation. In the final scene of Coppola’s brilliant Vietnam war film epic, Apocalypse Now , after being put in physical and mental hell, …

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Michael McDowell: We are having another ‘Munich moment’

Giving Putin what he wants would have entirely predictable consequences. It must not happen History does not repeat itself that often but there are many parallels and analogies available to those who need them to make rhetorical points for political purposes. Some of them are valid; others are monstrously invalid …

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