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user-inactivated  ·  3641 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Yanis Varoufakis: No Time for Games in Europe

That's quite brilliant of Judt. I can't figure out why the EU wants to expand so much to begin with. I guess having buffer states is nice, but only if you can sustain the equilibrium. It mightn't be a bad idea to let the Soviets re-overreach.