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...Russia's Satellites I appreciated Samantha Power's commentary on Russia's wounded pride [Sept. 1]. My wife is from Ukraine, and in the past several years we have traveled extensively in Ukraine, Russia, and other former Soviet states. Most of these new nations are in effect banana republics, run by wealthy elites. They treat their Russian minorities very poorly. Russians in these countries feel abandoned by ardently nationalist politicians. They see no advantages in democracy - quite the opposite, in fact. In focusing on politics and the machinery of democracy, the West is forgetting about these people, which only fuels...
...Cold War? Re Zbigniew Brzezinski's article on Russia and its Georgian incursion: one consequence of the conflict is that we will have to get ready for a new era of confrontation between U.S. and Russia [Sept. 1]. It is clear that the inclusion of former Soviet states in NATO, the independence of Kosovo and the anti-missile shield to be installed in Poland have led to distrust on Russia's part. The plight of Russians in ex-Soviet nations, together with a more buoyant Russian economy and strong political support for President Vladimir Putin, makes easier for Russia...
...When the Soviet Union sent missiles to Cuba, within range of the U.S., President John F. Kennedy responded resolutely. Now that the U.S. is bringing countries in Russia's sphere of interest into NATO, why should we expect Russian leaders to react any differently? Klaus Wagener, Rio De Janeiro...
...Which should surprise absolutely no one. Europe has more than august principles to worry about in its clash with Russia. For all the intense memories in the Soviet Union's former vassal states, and the Churchillian traditions and electoral concerns that motivate Brown's tougher line, there are also a few hard truths to factor into a common response to Russia. Most vitally, Europe has a deep dependence on Russian oil and gas supplies. Its citizens, moreover, are concerned that Europe should not contribute to what German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called a "spiral of provocations" that could lead...
...Princeton man spicing every sentence with the f-word - all these mark him as hailing from that generation and class of American spies who considered themselves more knowledgeable, hard-thinking and highly pedigreed than the politicians they worked for, yet who managed to miss the collapse of the Soviet Union, the international ambitions of al-Qaeda and the existence in their midst of Soviet-paid moles like Aldrich Ames...