Common Sense 288 – Re-heating the Cold War

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World tensions spike as the situation in Ukraine seems capable of boiling over into a larger conflict between Russia and the West. Dan blames hubris and political short-sightedness

Show Notes

1. “Russia Boosts Arms, Training for Leftist Latin Militaries” by Bill Gertz for the Associate Press, Feb 20th, 2015.

2. “Ukraine crisis: House of Lords criticizes EU and Britain for ‘sleepwalking into crisis’ as Moscow and NATO remain on diplomatic collision course” By Kim Sengupta for The (UK) Independent, Feb 19th, 2015

3. “Russian tensions could escalate into all-out war, says NATO general” by Ben Farmer for The (UK) Telegraph, Feb 20th, 2015.

4. “UK and EU ‘badly misread’ Russia” by BBC, February, 20, 2015

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