An alternative to gunboat diplomacy
Published Date:
29 August 2008
HISTORY says that when great powers start squaring up to each other, gunboats are first to appear. Thus the decision of the US government to send the flagship of its Sixth Fleet, the USS Mount Whitney, into the Black Sea looks troubling.
Coming the day after David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, visited Ukraine, in the heart of what was once Moscow's unquestioned sphere of influence, and delivered a tough message warning Russia against starting a new Cold War, it would be easy to i...
The full article contains 964 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
28 August 2008 8:37 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh