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Weekend Update #134: The Week When Everything and Nothing Changed

Weekend Update #134: The Week When Everything and Nothing Changed

At least the Pantomime Might Be Over.

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Hi All,

This was the week when everything and nothing changed. What do I mean by that? Well, in some ways everything changed in the way that European states and Ukraine had been approaching the war—in that the USA seemed to formally step aside as an active participant in the conflict. For the last three years for both good and ill, the policy choices in …

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