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You are here: Home / World News and Analysis / He Who Does Not Learn From History

He Who Does Not Learn From History

July 23, 2026

Dear CCI Friends,

Jack Matlock was diplomatically engaged with the Soviet Union from the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, through his tenure as advisor to Ronald Reagan during the negotiations with Mikhail Gorbachov to end the Cold War and including his position as US Ambassador to the USSR as that geopolitical entity dissolved itself.

Please listen to his interview with Glenn Diesen closely.  In it he explains in close detail the Soviet and the Russian Federation’s relationship with Ukraine.  It is a detailed view from the inside that we never, ever see depicted in the  superficial mainstream coverage of the tragedy in Ukraine.

From the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Conflict in Ukraine

“It was Russia who led the breakup of the Soviet Union.”

Please share your views.

Sincerely,
The Center for Citizen Initiatives

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