We ignore Ukraine crisis at our peril

Almost 100 years ago, many of our grandparents and great grandparents went to war, often never to return.

Is Europe on the verge of another conflict as the Crimea gets ready to rejoin Russia and parts of Eastern Ukraine teeter on the edge of anarchy? In The Washington Post, earlier this week, former US national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, warned of a threat to the security of Poland, Romania and the Baltic States and advised that the US military get ready for an immediate airlift of US airborne units to Europe.

Elsewhere, the mood has been less apocalyptic, or perhaps less realistic, depending on one’s point of view.