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Saturday, February 2, 2019

Venezuela crisis: Putin"s new Cold War on America"s doorstep?

Venezuela isn"t Syria: Why the US shouldn"t overreact to Putin"s bluff

Putin’s Emergency Politics

The Russian president uses unrest to get what he wants, at home and abroad.

The West should see Russia’s intervention in Syria as a desperate gamble, not a brilliant gambit.

The West should see Russia’s intervention in Syria as a desperate gamble, not a brilliant gambit.

For centuries, intervention in the Middle East has been a way for Russia to seek influence and assert power.

President Obama is unwilling to risk escalating the conflict and does not have a new strategy to resolve it or defeat the Islamic State.