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George Bogden is a senior visiting researcher at Bard College, a fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the U.S., a visiting fellow at the Eccles Centre, and a law clerk at the U.S. Court of International Trade.
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When the West Defanged Ukraine
The Budapest Memorandum, a geopolitical cautionary tale for the ages.