Ukraine crisis: EU and Nato's intellectual shambles exposed

A quarter of a century after the Cold War, dreams of harmony and consensus are shot to pieces

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IN EASTERN Ukraine, the streets now rule, whatever Kiev and Moscow may say.

Ukraine’s ill-starred interim President Oleksandr Turchynov threatened to send in his armed forces to oust the pro-Russian separatists in their makeshift fortresses in official buildings in centres such as Donetsk and Sloviansk.

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is a writer on Western defence issues and Italian current affairs. He has worked for the Corriere della Sera in Milan, covered the Falklands invasion for BBC Radio, and worked as defence correspondent for The Daily Telegraph. His books include The Inner Sea: the Mediterranean and its People.