Ukraine's Ancient Hatreds

June 29, 2014 Topic: HistoryGrand Strategy Region: UkraineRussiaEurope

Ukraine's Ancient Hatreds

Three hundred years of history explain why Putin can never see his neighbor as a fully legitimate sovereign nation.

 

Nikolas K. Gvosdev is a professor of national-security studies at the U.S. Naval War College and a contributing editor at The National Interest.

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