It has not often been noted, because of Russia’s occasional oafishness under Prime Minister (and increasingly dictator) Vladimir Putin, that it truly does have a valid argument in its dispute with Ukraine over Russian natural gas. Under a longstanding agreement, Ukraine has been paying far lower prices than West Europeans have for the fossil fuel.
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SAMUEL HUNTINGTON had a couple of big ideas in his lifetime, and that is a couple more than most people ever get. One of them was laid out in the summer 1993 issue of Foreign Affairs, and later turned into a book. Noting that the Cold War was over, Huntington predicted the start of a new phase of world politics. It would not feature conflicts between ideologies but rather a “clash of civilizations,” with religion as the most important factor.
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