Leaders in the late Soviet Union wilfully ignored the need for structural reform. The Democratic contender should take note
Despite being frail and confused, he won the trust of an oligarchic party nomenklatura in a declining superpower by promising no structural reforms, no curbs on special interests and no changes to an interventionist, hegemonic and overextended foreign policy.
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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com
