1. Ending the Cold War
Let me at the outset present you with two quotations – just to start us thinking. Here is the first one:
„The dissolution of the Soviet Union is the greatest geo-strategic catastrophe of the 20th century“.
From the point of view of a KGB officer in occupied Germany, Putin´s lament for the fate of the Soviet Union is understandable. After all, didn´t British, French and Spanish colonialists firmly believe in the civilizing mission of their empires?