Foreign policy of Vladimir Putin

Curse of the Khyber Pass

Milton Bearden | Mar 12, 2009

Afghanistan is a losing battle. Former-CIA officer Milton Bearden argues the Obama administration should turn to the provinces for answers—and consider arming the militias. Full article

Putin's Third Way

Clifford G. Gaddy

Barry W. Ickes

| Jan 21, 2009

With the rise in oil prices and a conservative fiscal policy, Russia turned from a debtor nation into an economic powerhouse, creating a compromise between the excesses of the free market and the inefficiencies of a command economy

The Republic and the Rahbar

Gary Sick | Jan 21, 2009

With all of the hype surrounding Iran’s nuclear program and its incendiary President Ahmadinejad, we have been fooled into believe Tehran is one of our biggest threats.

A Sit-Down with Brent Scowcroft

Justine A. Rosenthal | Jan 21, 2009

The principles of transformationalism—idealism spread by the barrel of a gun—have been central to America’s foreign-policy failings over the last eight years. With a new leadership in power, Washington has a chance to right past wrongs. But that w

Ambushed on the Potomac

Richard Perle | Jan 21, 2009

One of America’s best-known neoconservatives gives his take on what went wrong over the past eight years, the role of the State Department in hijacking Bush’s foreign policy and why 50 million conspiracy theorists have it wrong.

The Ascension

R. Nicholas Burns | Jan 21, 2009

The creation of Barack Obama’s legacy will play out against three fundamental backdrops: America’s financial crisis; the ability to shore up the power of the United States; and the willingness of Joe Q. Public to spend blood and treasure beyond ou

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