Overshadowed by rising geopolitical tensions, there was an alternative future for the Ukraine, heralded by cooperation with China. It was based on stability and development. It was viable, and it was denied.

AS I have argued, the Ukrainian crisis was not warranted, but the ultimate outcome of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) expansion, as American foreign policy leaders predicted in 1997 with great foresight ("Ukraine crisis, global fallout: Colossal failure of diplomacy," TMT, February 28).

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