Foreign Policy

Russian President Vladimir Putin
US Vice President Joe Biden (L) gestures next to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a meeting at Yildiz Mabeyn Palace on January 23, 2016 in Istanbul. (SEDAT SUNA/AFP/Getty Images)
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US Vice President Joe Biden (L) gestures next to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a meeting at Yildiz Mabeyn Palace on January 23, 2016 in Istanbul. (SEDAT SUNA/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Lee Smith
6 Min Read
A P-3C patrol plane of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force flying over the Senkaku Islands/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, October 13, 2011. (JAPAN POOL/AFP/Getty Images)
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A P-3C patrol plane of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force flying over the Senkaku Islands/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, October 13, 2011. (JAPAN POOL/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
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Arthur Herman
Former Senior Fellow
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Lewis Libby
Former Senior Vice President
Arthur Herman & Lewis Libby
4 Min Read
Military personnel arrive in a Chinook before Iraqi soldiers take part in a live-fire exercise for under the surveillance of US-led coalition forces at Basmaya base, Iraq on January 27, 2016. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Military personnel arrive in a Chinook before Iraqi soldiers take part in a live-fire exercise for under the surveillance of US-led coalition forces at Basmaya base, Iraq on January 27, 2016. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Max Boot
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
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Michael Pregent
Former Senior Fellow
Max Boot & Michael Pregent
5 Min Read
A Russian biker shows a banner depicting Joseph Stalin and reading a WWII slogan 'For the Motherland! For Stalin!' in Moscow on April 25, 2015. (DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty Images)
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A Russian biker shows a banner depicting Joseph Stalin and reading a WWII slogan 'For the Motherland! For Stalin!' in Moscow on April 25, 2015. (DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty Images)
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a congress of the ruling United Russia party in Moscow, on September 23, 2011. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a congress of the ruling United Russia party in Moscow, on September 23, 2011. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
David Satter
Former Senior Fellow
David Satter
5 Min Read
U.S. President Barack Obama, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R), at the White House November 6, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Barack Obama, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R), at the White House November 6, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Commentary
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Arthur Herman
Former Senior Fellow
Arthur Herman
4 Min Read