Iron Curtain call: Mikhail Gorbachev

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For weeks, the regional bloc ECOWAS has threatened to undo the putsch by force. But appetite for a military response—the ultimate deterrent in a coup-prone region—seems small and waning. Russia’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/08/14/russia-will-s ...