Does a rebirth of democracy lie ahead?
Apr 12, 2021
2 minutes
Memos penned by bureaucrats can sometimes alter history.
In 1946, George Kennan sent a telegram from Moscow back to his bosses at the U.S. State Department. The now-famous “long telegram” warned that the Soviet Union, an ally in defeating Nazi Germany, would be looking to expand its influence and its communist system. The 8,000-word missive resulted in
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