On February 24, 2022, Russian troops entered by order of Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. From then on, the military resistance of Kiev defeated Russia’s imperial goals. A year after the start of the conflict, we gave the floor to philosophers, historians, writers, each in their own way to shed light on this war that changed the world.
LE FIGARO. – Why did the return of war to European soil surprise us a year ago?
Jean-Francois COLOSIMO. – The return of war, the return of religion, the return of tragedy… All these supposed revivals are illusory. They are due to our tendency to forget. Until 1989, the bipolar ice prevented any open conflict in Europe. In 1991, the USSR collapsed without bloodshed. We want to believe in “happy globalization”. However, in this same 1991, the Balkans’ peripheral war, which had been frozen under Tito, was rekindled. It explodes in this buffer zone, which is Krajina in Croatia, which is inhabited by…
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Source: Le Figaro
I am David Wyatt, a professional writer and journalist for Buna Times. I specialize in the world section of news coverage, where I bring to light stories and issues that affect us globally. As a graduate of Journalism, I have always had the passion to spread knowledge through writing.