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What the East-West Rift Over Ukraine Really Means

Posted: July 11th, 2022

By Rob Dannenberg

Rob Dannenberg served as chief of operations for CIA's Counterterrorism Center, chief of the Central Eurasia Division and chief of the Information Operations Center before retiring from the Agency.  He served as managing director and head of the Office of Global Security for Goldman Sachs, and as director of International Security Affairs at BP.  He is now an independent consultant on geopolitical and security risk.

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Threats from Russia and its “ally” Belarus are still coming as the invasion of Ukraine grinds through its fifth month but where is this huff and puff leading?

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says, “The time has come for a forgetful Europe to give itself a moral cleansing.”  Huff. 

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