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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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A PRESS CORPS FULL OF SNOWDENISTAS

  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL A PRESS CORPS FULL OF SNOWDENISTAS By Edward Lucas   Mr. Lucas is a senior editor at the Economist and the author of “The Snowden Operation,” a Kindle Single available on Amazon   Jan. 29, 2014  EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  The Snowden story is full of puzzles and suspicious twists and turns.

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JFK: CASUALTY OF THE COLD WAR

  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL JFK:  CASUALTY OF THE COLD WAR James Pierson   Mr. Piereson, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, is the author of “Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism” (Encounter, 2013). November 16, 2013 It has been 50 years since President John F.

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A LESSON FROM THE YOM KIPPUR WAR FOR A PERILOUS TIME

  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL A Lesson From the Yom Kippur War for a Perilous Time Golda Meir didn’t strike pre-emptively in 1973 because she was ‘scared’ of angering the White House. By Yossi Klein Halevi   Mr. Halevi is a senior fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He is author of the book,

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U.S. ON ITS WAY TO ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

   October 3, 2013 U.S. Is Overtaking Russia as Largest Oil-and-Gas Producer The U.S. is overtaking Russia as the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas, a startling shift that is reshaping markets and eroding the clout of traditional energy-rich nations. U.S. energy output has been surging in recent years, a comeback fueled by

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