We detect a distinct theme among recent analyses of Russia's foreign policy. While commentators are all over the map in their assessment of the rectitude of Russia's foreign policy as implemented by President Putin, a critical mass of opinion-shapers that at least grudingly recognize a kind of brilliance in Russian foreign policy seems to have coalesced.
We offer as evidence for this first -- and, yes, foremost -- today's commentary in WPR by Marissa Payne. She writes that, in its foreign relations, Russia is having its cake and eating it too -- or, as they say in Russia "The wolves are full and the sheep are still alive":
The Russian Bear Roars Again
We detect a distinct theme among recent analyses of Russia's foreign policy. While commentators are all over the map in their assessment of the rectitude of Russia's foreign policy as implemented by President Putin, a critical mass of opinion-shapers that at least grudingly recognize a kind of brilliance in Russian foreign policy seems to have coalesced.
We offer as evidence for this first -- and, yes, foremost -- today's commentary in WPR by Marissa Payne. She writes that, in its foreign relations, Russia is having its cake and eating it too -- or, as they say in Russia "The wolves are full and the sheep are still alive":
The Russian Bear Roars Again
We detect a distinct theme among recent analyses of Russia's foreign policy. While commentators are all over the map in their assessment of the rectitude of Russia's foreign policy as implemented by President Putin, a critical mass of opinion-shapers that at least grudingly recognize a kind of brilliance in Russian foreign policy seems to have coalesced.
We offer as evidence for this first -- and, yes, foremost -- today's commentary in WPR by Marissa Payne. She writes that, in its foreign relatiosn, Russia is having its cake and eating it too -- or, as they say in Russia "The wolves are full and the sheep are still alive":
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