Harvard
Executive Director, The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard
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Alexandra Vacroux
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FROM Alexandra Vacroux
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Sanctions, expulsion of diplomats, military exercises: A new Cold War? Russia is getting ready to send as many as 100,000 troops to its Western border for military exercises. There have also been diplomatic fights, the expulsion of 755 American diplomats and staff, and sanctions passed by Congress. Some are wondering if this means a new Cold War.
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