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Good reading on Ukraine

Mike McCartney

2nd March 2022

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As teachers and students we are constantly exposed to questions about the situation in Ukraine

One of the best writers on international politics is Patrick Cockburn, whose columns can be found on the independent online, or in the i.

This is one of his recent ones on the conflict: Russia's nuclear warning is an act of desperation from Putin, which makes it even more dangerous

Another really good article I'd recommend is by the historian, Yuval Noah Harari in the Guardian. Read it here.

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Mike McCartney

Mike is an experienced A-Level Politics teacher, author and examiner.

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