Decline of the West: Seven strategic ramifications of Crimea’s return to Russia

Decline of the West: Seven strategic ramifications of Crimea’s return to Russia

Special to WorldTribune.com Gregory R. Copley, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Crimea’s March 16, 2014, referendum to join Russia — there were only two options: join now, or join later — marked a significant watershed in the post-post-Cold War restructuring of the global strategic architecture. Not because it was so geopolitically surprising, but because it was […]