This was written in 2014, interesting.
Vladimir Putin is playing for the highest geopolitical stakes.
Can the U.S. government afford to do less?
Regardless of whether Putin’s near term aim is to take a chunk or two out of Ukraine —as he took chunks out of Georgia in 2008 —or just to stake out a bargaining position to make sure Russia can hold on to its Black Sea naval base after its lease expires in 2017, there is no ...