World Affairs Journal: Viktor Yanukovych, revolutionary

President Viktor Yanukovych’s rhetoric has recently taken a scary turn. At a Feb. 2 Polish-Ukrainian economic meeting in Warsaw, he spoke like a bona fide revolutionary committed to forcible change from above. To be sure, given his decidedly casual relationship to language, words, and meaning, the Ukrainian president may not have understood just what he was saying. On the other hand, he just may have. And if he did, Ukraine — and the rest of the world — should be prepared for a significant increase in coercion, instability, and conflict. Read the story here.