It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.

The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they can run their own inefficient empire.

The shift has been toward the former Soviet Union to Asian countries.

The Ukraine has a long history of either being part of the Soviet Union or within that sphere.

The U.S. trade embargo on Cuba is almost completely ineffective, as many other countries, including the European Union, do not honor it.

The shift has been toward the former Soviet Union to Asian countries. We're seeing a lot in China now that we didn't see in the past cycle.