One great temptation of looking back on history is to assume that historical events and patterns were inevitable. And that we are all just oblivious, passive inheritors of cultures, tribes, traditions, religions, politics, and belief systems beyond our awareness, understanding or control.
The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union creat…
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