It’s as if, before our very eyes, the president of the United States were reading a script written by the Kremlin. French political analyst Dominique Moïsi, says the reversal on Ukraine is an ally’s betrayal of historical proportions.
Author: Dominique Moïsi
Moisi, a French political scientist, was a co-founder and is a senior advisor of the Paris-based Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), and has taught at Harvard University and the College of Europe, the oldest educational institution in European affairs, in Natolin.
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