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Ukraine refused to be a herd. We have not — yet

On 5 December 1994 in Budapest three near-identical papers were signed — with Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Ukraine gave up 1,900 warheads, Kazakhstan 1,410. Both started from the same point: $1,483 per head there, $1,442 here. The difference turned out not to be money, but whether power ever retreated before the street.

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Europe: the union that is often buried

The European Union is buried with impressive regularity: every crisis is declared the beginning of the end. The design proved sturdier than the forecasts because it grew from a simple thought — countries that trade closely find it harder to go to war. Unions where one country decides everything fall apart sooner.