The situation in Ukraine is grim, depressing – and feels like history repeating itself. I get a sense that Vladimir Putin wants to grab as much territory as possible (apart from Ukraine) and then retreat behind a 21st century version of the Iron Curtain. He is, after all, a former KGB man. He seems to be nostalgic for that era. But the world has moved on.

I am a Cold War baby. It was a dark time, and I remember growing up in the UK in fear of the Russians and “The Bomb.” My parents who lived through World War II…
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