The country was moving away from Russia’s influence and taking steps toward membership in the European Union, so Russia struck back. . ... Ukraine then looked to be on course to become a member of Russia’s Customs Union. ..…

Western analysts tend to discount this statement, but it rings true from Russia’s and China’s own experience. . During the Cold War period when the Soviet Union and China subsidized the military modernization of the North Korean forces, Pyongyang developed a massive army that was fully..…