The post-Cold War world was well defined. Chastened after the fall of Communism, Russia gave up its satellite states and retreated to Moscow. NATO, created to defend Europe from a Russian invasion, became less relevant. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) extended membership to former members of the Soviet Union, pledging to protect their borders.
Now, with the Russian invasion of Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula with deep ties to Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin has completely destroyed nearly all of it.
he post-Cold War world was well defined. Chastened after the fall of Communism, Russia gave up its satellite states and retreated to Moscow. NATO, created to defend Europe from a Russian invasion, became less relevant. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) extended membership to former members of the Soviet Union, pledging to protect their borders.
Now, with the Russian invasion of Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula with deep ties to Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin has completely destroyed nearly all of it.
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