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野党側２４０人超釈放、野党側は市庁舎から退去　ウクライナ - MSN産経ニュース

　ウクライナからの報道によると、同国のヤヌコビッチ政権は１７日までに、拘束していた野党活動家ら２４０人以上を釈放した。これに応じて野党勢力は、占拠していた首都キエフの市庁舎から退去を開始。双方が実質的な歩み寄りを見せたことで、昨年１１月からキエフ中心部で続く混乱に打開の可能性が出てきた。

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Neither U.S. nor EU has strategy for Ukraine | Reuters

Her tone recalled the 2003 book "Of Paradise and Power" by Nuland's husband, historian Robert Kagan, who upset many in Brussels by asserting that "Americans are from Mars, Europeans are from Venus".

In other words: Americans are tough, Europeans are wimps. Americans take responsibility for international security, spend their hard-earned dollars on defense, and recognize the threats to freedom and stability in the world. Europeans are politically naive, unwilling to risk their own blood and treasure, and happy to free-ride on U.S. military protection.

Proclaimed in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States by al Qaeda and published in the year that President George W. Bush invaded Iraq, Kagan's thesis was a child of its time.

Things look different a decade on. The United States has been humbled by military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq that turned sour after achieving the initial objective of ousting hostile rulers, sowing enduring instability.

Europe's preference for diplomacy, nation-building and the "soft power" of economic engagement no longer looks quite so illusory, though it has not necessarily proved more effective.

オバマの戦争

Obama's Wars (English Edition)

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