Jan. 23, 2026 Editor, The News-Gazette: In the fall of 1972, I began my studies in Bologna, Italy at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS). This was at the height of the Cold War, four years after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. That spring we took a train to Brussels where we met with officials at NATO and the European Union. These were our friends and allies.
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