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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; Ukraine</title>
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		<title>Buying Tymoshenko</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/buying-tymoshenko/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the European Union commendably attempts to pull Ukraine closer into the safety of the West, Russia has reportedly earmarked $1 billion to fund suddenly pro-Kremlin Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, against heroically pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko in the 2010 presidential &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/buying-tymoshenko/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Containing Russia &#8211; The Battle for Ukraine</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/07/containing-russia-the-battle-for-ukraine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Westhawk&#8220;Ukraine is the big prize and thus a dangerous flash point between Russia and the West. For the West, a firm alliance with Ukraine would anchor the containment of Russia. But for Russia, such an alliance would be a step &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/07/containing-russia-the-battle-for-ukraine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Further Fallout for Russia</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/further-fallout-for-russia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now Ukraine invites Western participation in her missile defense. Regionally, Russia&#8217;s actions in Georgia can only be poisonous to her interests. Coercive force is the only way to compel compliance once you&#8217;ve used it so malevolently. Not such a wonderful &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/further-fallout-for-russia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Georgian Wine Solidarity and Other Things</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/15/georgian-wine-solidarity-and-other-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonians and Latvians are apparently buying up all available Georgian wine in a demonstration of national solidarity with the beleaguered republic. Particularly popular is the consumer label Old Tbilisi (order here). Sandra Saakashvili, First Lady of Georgia, is weathering the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/15/georgian-wine-solidarity-and-other-things/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Estonia: Get Georgia and Ukraine in NATO Now</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/15/estonia-get-georgia-and-ukraine-in-nato-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves says the West must act fast: &#8220;They should take Ukraine immediately into NATO, and what is left of Georgia,&#8221; he told Reuters by telephone, adding that a decision this year not to give the two &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/15/estonia-get-georgia-and-ukraine-in-nato-now/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Achieving International Opposition</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/09/achieving-international-opposition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Traub has written a magnificent survey of the events leading up to the current war in Georgia, and the personal contest between Mikheil Saakashvili and Putin. Of particular interest to me was this paragraph: What is striking, though, is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/09/achieving-international-opposition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Water and Civilization in Ukraine</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/14/hot-water-and-civilization-in-ukraine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In much of the former Soviet Union, urban heating is still managed at the block rather than per-building level. This is causing some protest from a population growing accustomed to a new ethos of individual convenience. Something we&#8217;ve always taken &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/14/hot-water-and-civilization-in-ukraine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Nuclear Threat Against Ukraine</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/13/russian-nuclear-threat-against-ukraine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia&#8217;s fears of NATO expansion reaching right to her western border with Ukraine, have provoked a new round of saber rattling from the Kremlin. Here&#8217;s Putin&#8217;s ominous quote, after he had just met with Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko: &#8220;It&#8217;s frightening &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/13/russian-nuclear-threat-against-ukraine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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