Russia's War Against Ukraine
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David Ignatius: The United States should think – and act – like a superpower
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (R) and US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) hold a bilateral press conference in Kyiv on Feb. 5, 2015.
Niccolo Machiavelli, perhaps the shrewdest political philosopher in history, believed that great events were shaped by luck - or "fortuna," as he called this unpredictable force of life. The same actions might produce success or failure, depending on the whims of the goddess Fortuna.
