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The Russian Bear Roars Again

We detect a distinct theme among recent analyses of Russia's foreign policy. While commentators are all over the map in their assessment of the rectitude of Russia's foreign policy as implemented by President Putin, a critical mass of opinion-shapers that at least grudingly recognize a kind of brilliance in Russian foreign policy seems to have coalesced.

We offer as evidence for this first -- and, yes, foremost -- today's commentary in WPR by Marissa Payne. She writes that, in its foreign relations, Russia is having its cake and eating it too -- or, as they say in Russia "The wolves are full and the sheep are still alive":

Russia currently has three conspicuous tools by which it can divertWestern attention in order to pursue what has been described as aneo-imperialist policy in the [Commonwealth of Independent States]: Iran, North Korea and its vastenergy supply, the last of which has gained increasing status as aforeign policy issue as opposed to an economic one since Putin came topower.
Global

The Russian Bear Roars Again

We detect a distinct theme among recent analyses of Russia's foreign policy. While commentators are all over the map in their assessment of the rectitude of Russia's foreign policy as implemented by President Putin, a critical mass of opinion-shapers that at least grudingly recognize a kind of brilliance in Russian foreign policy seems to have coalesced.

We offer as evidence for this first -- and, yes, foremost -- today's commentary in WPR by Marissa Payne. She writes that, in its foreign relations, Russia is having its cake and eating it too -- or, as they say in Russia "The wolves are full and the sheep are still alive":

Russia currently has three conspicuous tools by which it can divertWestern attention in order to pursue what has been described as aneo-imperialist policy in the [Commonwealth of Independent States]: Iran, North Korea and its vastenergy supply, the last of which has gained increasing status as aforeign policy issue as opposed to an economic one since Putin came topower.
Global

The Russian Bear Roars Again

We detect a distinct theme among recent analyses of Russia's foreign policy. While commentators are all over the map in their assessment of the rectitude of Russia's foreign policy as implemented by President Putin, a critical mass of opinion-shapers that at least grudingly recognize a kind of brilliance in Russian foreign policy seems to have coalesced.

We offer as evidence for this first -- and, yes, foremost -- today's commentary in WPR by Marissa Payne. She writes that, in its foreign relatiosn, Russia is having its cake and eating it too -- or, as they say in Russia "The wolves are full and the sheep are still alive":

Russia currently has three conspicuous tools by which it can divertWestern attention in order to pursue what has been described as aneo-imperialist policy in the [Commonwealth of Independen States]: Iran, North Korea and its vastenergy supply, the last of which has gained increasing status as aforeign policy issue as opposed to an economic one since Putin came topower.

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