The world is “on the brink of a new Cold War” because of the crisis in Ukraine, former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned Saturday during a speech commemorating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. He said Western countries “succumbed to triumphalism” after the Soviet Union’s collapse, contributing to the global powers’ difficulties in resolving conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. …read more
Source: International Business Times