The beginnings of liberal globalisation had already been announced in the early 1980s, beyond the final rebounds of the Cold War, with the Euromissiles Crisis, and in what was still called the Third World. Similarly, the first political hiccup in this globalisation, also described as a happy one, occurred in 2004-2005, with the return of mutual mistrust between the Euro-Atlantic community and post-communist Russia, mainly around Ukraine. Over the years, this mistrust…

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