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Why Did Boris Johnson Pick a Fight Over Crimea?

Why Did Boris Johnson Pick a Fight Over Crimea?
The HMS Defender leaves Portsmouth, United Kingdom, on May 1, 2021. Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
Stephen Bryen
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It is almost incomprehensible—the UK’s warship, identified formally as Delta 36, but named HMS Defender, entered Russian claimed waters around Crimea, which the UK does not recognize but knows full well about Russia’s sensitivity in this Black Sea area.

Stephen Bryen
Stephen Bryen
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Dr. Stephen Bryen is regarded as a thought leader on technology security policy, twice being awarded the Defense Department’s highest civilian honor, the Distinguished Public Service Medal. A Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, Senior Fellow, Yorktown Institute, his most recent book is “Technology Security and National Power: Winners and Losers.”
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