Though I am one of the more prominent critics within the US academic left of US interventions and hegemonic aspirations, my research has found no evidence that the United States (nor any other government) was responsible for the “colour revolutions” that toppled the corrupt and semi-autocratic regimes in Serbia, Georgia and Ukraine.
Nor did the US (or any other government) ever provide training, advice or strategic support for the kind of mass nonviolent action which could threaten…