Lies, Damned Lies, and Sentimental Hypocrisy

Are we setting up the Ukrainians for the disappointment of a lifetime?

I just got back from Europe (again) for another brief stint here in Washington before heading back to the Old Continent for a third time in as many weeks. (Don’t ask. Yes, I’m tired.)

This time around, I was mostly in Paris and Berlin, meeting with officials and civil society to discuss the prospects of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans after the Ukr…