It would have been a simple case of copping out.

But Winata himself eluded police investigation, merely by claiming publicly that his followers acted without his prior knowledge and consent.

He was an apologist for American power, even though during the Vietnam years he had wriggled and dodged to avoid being at the sharp, conscripted end of it.

MADRID The ongoing crisis in Ukraine has been a hot topic of analysis for almost a year. But one question has largely escaped thorough examination what Russia s annexation of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine indicates about the European Union s foreign policy.