Ukraine Stuck in the Middle
The current crisis in Ukraine is the result of a long struggle for regional hegemony between the West and Russia, which was in fact largely prompted by the European Union’s aggressive negotiating strategies. With an internal coup, moves for Crimean secession, fascists in power and in the streets, growing tensions between West and East, threat of war and economic depression, Ukraine is stuck in the middle of a great power game.
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