Foreign Policy

Russian President Vladimir Putin
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon (R) and Armenia's President Serzh Sarkisian of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Kremlin in Moscow, on May 8, 2014. (SERGEI KARPUKHIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon (R) and Armenia's President Serzh Sarkisian of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Kremlin in Moscow, on May 8, 2014. (SERGEI KARPUKHIN/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
11 Min Read
A crew member of a ski-equipped C-130 from the New York Air National Guard stands near the plane on July 11, 2013 at the Summit Station, Greenland. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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A crew member of a ski-equipped C-130 from the New York Air National Guard stands near the plane on July 11, 2013 at the Summit Station, Greenland. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Egyptians wave national flags in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 3, 2014 after ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won Egypt's presidential election. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptians wave national flags in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 3, 2014 after ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won Egypt's presidential election. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Former Senior Fellow
14 Min Read
Kurdish soldiers with the Peshmerga keep guard near the frontline with Sunni militants on June 25, 2014 on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Kurdish soldiers with the Peshmerga keep guard near the frontline with Sunni militants on June 25, 2014 on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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