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The Poverty of Analysts
The Poverty of Analysts

Author(s): Paweł Kowal
Subject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Political Essay
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Ukraine;Euromaidan;think tanks;Crimea;Donbas conflict

Summary/Abstract: Why did the astonished West helplessly watch Russian troops enter Crimea and Donbas? How was it that, as popular opinion states, “nobody” could have “foreseen” this event? One of the hypotheses that comes to mind is that the analysts are to blame. Will the “Crimea mistake” be repeated in regard to the next moves of Vladimir Putin? Years from now, will we be reading about the “nuclear mistake”; as time and again nobody is taking Putin seriously?

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 01 (15)
  • Page Range: 7-18
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English
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