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An essay by Charles Kennedy, associate professor of management at the School of Business, has been published in Global Post. The article examines how U.S. foreign policy may have shaped the crisis in the Ukraine. Kennedy writes:
“First, in assuming that democracy and markets are desired and inevitable around the world, the US is blinded to nationalistic reactions in Russia . As NATO expanded through former Warsaw Pact countries, Russia felt increasingly encircled by the West and was not reassured when told these events were desirable and not threatening. Putin has clearly said he is determined to prevent such an outcome in Ukraine.”
Read more in the Global Post…