In 2009, as Russia was trying to emerge from recession, few would have predicted that five years later Russian soldiers would be making moves into Ukraine following the annexation of Crimea. The Cold War was history, as our President reminded in 2012 when he told Mitt Romney the 80’s were calling to ask for their foreign policy back. A few exceptions stand out. Geopolitical forecaster George Friedman is one, who wrote in his 2009 book, The Next 100 Years, that “Russia will be concerned with recovering influence and effective control in the former Soviet Union, re-creating the system of buffers …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
