By the Editor – We have a predilection to considering all issues in binary terms – black and white, those on the good side and those on the bad. Regrettably life is not that simple.The actions of the West, certainly over the last three decades, cannot be considered entirely blameless (much as we like to think we are). In a necessarily uncomfortable consideration, the author suggests how those previous actions might now have consequences, consequences catalysed by Putin’s war in Ukraine, that are leading to a new Cold War between the ‘West’, championing self-determination, and a new politically…
