by Patricia H. Kushlis | Nov 25, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis In a talk in Washington, DC last April, Strobe Talbot, Russian expert, journalist and former Deputy Secretary of State, described Vladimir Putin as a consummate risk taker, an excellent tactician but a poor strategist. Putin’s dream of...
by Warren Dym | Jul 2, 2013 | Monitor
Among the Obama Administration’s most important foreign policy initiatives is a pivot to East Asia. As formal military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan close down, and as U.S. allies like Japan, the Philippines, and South Korea negotiate the ‘peaceful rise’ of...