“What Does Ukraine Think?” – published by European Council on Foreign Relations, edited by Andrew Wilson, Reader in Ukrainian studies at the School of Slavonic and Eastern European studies, University College, London, dated May 2015. 109 pages, plus brief details of the authors This booklet is divided into four sections, dealing with Politics and Identity…

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On 18th March the House of Lords had a “Take Note” debate with 21 speakers –  Hansard cols 99 to 154.  Opinions ranged from “don’t appease aggression or reward breaches of international law”, to “don’t start a new cold war, let alone a hot one”. At cols 122 to 123, I argued that the Organization…

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