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KRAUTHAMMER – HOW TO STOP OR SLOW PUTIN

  THE WASHINGTON POST How to stop — or slow — Putin By Charles Krauthammer, March 14, 2014 The president of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council challenges critics of President Obama’s Ukraine policy by saying, “What are you going to do, send the 101st Airborne into Crimea?” Not exactly subtle. And rather silly, considering

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DEAR VLADIMIR: CONGRATULATIONS. YOU READ MY BOOK

  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL          DEAR VLADIMIR:  CONGRATULATIONS.   YOU READ MY BOOK By Josef Joffe Mr. Joffe is editor of Die Zeit in Hamburg and a fellow of the Freeman-Spogli Institute and the Hoover Institution, both at Stanford University. His latest book is “The Myth of America’s Decline” (Liveright, 2013). March 6, 2014 Niccolò Machiavelli,

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KRAUTHAMMER – THE WAGES OF WEAKNESS

  THE WASHINGTON POST The wages of weakness By Charles Krauthammer, Published: March 6 Vladimir Putin is a lucky man. And he’s got three more years of luck to come. He takes Crimea, and President Obama says it’s not in Russia’s interest, not even strategically clever. Indeed, it’s a sign of weakness. Really? Crimea belonged to

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THE TEMPTATION OF VLADIMIR PUTIN

  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL THE TEMPTATION OF VLADIMIR PUTIN By Douglas J. Feith Mr. Feith, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, served as U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy (2001-05) and is the author of “War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism” (Harper, 2008). March 5,

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THE UNMAKING OF THE MIDDLE EAST

    After reading this article, especially the last two paragraphs, you will probably feel as I do that the situation in the Middle East is spinning out of control and whatever leverage we once had is gone.  HOWEVER, what  impact will there be on events in  the Middle East once it becomes clearer that America is

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THE REAL CLIMATE ‘DENIERS’ ARE THE GREENS

  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL THE REAL CLIMATE ‘DENIERS’ ARE THE GREENS By Robert Bryce  Mr. Bryce is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. This piece is excerpted from his forthcoming report for the institute on America’s energy advantages. Feb. 3, 2014 For years, greens and many on the political left have insisted that

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