The Conversation - Putin's Cold War envy

For most Americans, Ukraine is a faraway place that shares little history with us. The Cold War is an exception.

Thought it was gone for good when the Soviet Union crumbled? Well, a new Cold War is emerging. In an article he wrote for The Conversation, Jaro Bilocerkowycz, a University of Dayton political scientist, explores why Putin doesn’t fear military threats on his borders. After all, he points out, Russia has a powerful nuclear arsenal and the largest conventional forces in Europe.

What Putin does fear, Bilocerkowycz writes, is the spread of democracy to places like Ukraine.

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