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The downing of the Malaysian airline MH17 finally turned the world’s eyes to the conflict in Ukraine. The criminal irresponsibility of putting advanced weapons in the hands of ill-trained, trigger-happy insurgents was obvious even to professional foreign-policy analysts.
Edward Lucas: The West skipped summer semester on geopolitics
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The blizzard of petulant and mendacious Russian propaganda which followed the crash, coupled with the rebels’ loathsome looting, and hindering access to the site, drew thick lines underneath the lesson: that Russia is a menace, not just to its neighbours but to the wider world.

That lesson could have been the start of a course of study.

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