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Until the day the US brings real pain to these kidnappers, the abduction of Americans will continue
The large number of high-profile prisoners released after many years will prompt the question of why now?
The region is Vladimir Putin’s second front. He has had mixed results so far, but a new push is still expected this summer
It is possible to change Putin’s risk calculus, but it probably requires more imagination and viciousness than our diplomacy tends to embody
Could it be the Ukraine war is about fighting for people?
It is all part of a decades-long ‘show the flag’ move, as Russia’s defense ministry puts it
Any campaign of Western-backed assassination would likely trigger not some democratic revolution but an explosion of anger and outrage
The country controls a great and valuable resource that the world can’t do without
‘While I am not pro-Russian, I am definitely anti-war’
As more and more senior Russian officers and generals are arrested on corruption charges, the rumor mill is in full spin
