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Diary: Jeremy Bowen on how our post-Cold War hopes disappeared

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Diary: Jeremy Bowen on how our post-Cold War hopes disappeared

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Perhaps it was prophetic to spend a week on a sunny Swedish island in the glorious archipelago...

We have to stop normalising the absurd

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We have to stop normalising the absurd

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I want to take you back to 9th November 2016. A lucky few of us are crammed into...

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Diary: Jeremy Bowen on how our post-Cold War hopes disappeared

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