Ukraine’s tragedy is everyone’s tragedy
... in, and control of, Ukraine a hard security threat and feel they could be next on the list — unsurprisingly, as some United Russia MPs now want to prosecute Gorbachev for letting them secede from the Soviet Union. Finally, Europe needs not only Ukraine; it would like to work with Russia, too. But Putin’s uncompromising, expansive power politics will lose him all trust, indispensable for any cooperation. America will suffer, because, despite sustained efforts to forge a partnership with Russia, it will have to fight against it once again....