Cold War History Fuels Europe, US Clash Over Ukraine Arms
MUNICH (GERMANY) (AFP) -
Far from the rubble-strewn streets of eastern Ukraine, a clash of titans is taking place as Europe and America tussle over visions for the post-Cold War era.
It is 70 years since the end of World War II and a quarter-century after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the crumbling of the Soviet Union and the re-unification of a once-divided Germany.
But the lessons drawn from a painful common history by those old enough to remember are being used by both American and European leaders to underpin their competing visions of how to deal with an unruly Russia.
To arm or not to arm former Soviet satellite Ukraine?
That has truly been the question at the Munich Security Conference which since its inception in 1963 has been a prime global forum dedicated to peaceful conflict resolution.
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