20 August 2016

The Soviet empire collapsed 25 years ago, but history did not end

Tom Switzer
Presenter, ABC Radio National

Senior fellow Tom Switzer in The Australian Financial Review.

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Tom Switzer
Presenter, ABC Radio National
Tom Switzer was a senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre until March 2017. He is a presenter on the ABC’s Radio National and a columnist at Fairfax publications.

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20 August 2016

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