Russian President Vladimir Putin. © RIA Novosti. Alexei Nikolski
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Russia? -- Le Monde, The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Gazeta Wyborcza, El País and La Stampa
From its diplomatic triumph on Syria to the jailing of Greenpeace activists, the Kremlin's newfound confidence is both confusing and concerning Europe. Should the EU be worried? We ask foreign policy experts.
A resurgent Kremlin is setting the agenda on major world issues and has once again started to boss its back yard. Buoyed by his Syria diplomatic triumph, Vladimir Putin has regained some of the swagger that temporarily deserted him during protests against his re-election last year.
Greenpeace activists have been put behind bars, a Dutch diplomat beaten up, and former Soviet republics hounded, with the Kremlin banning Lithuanian cheese imports for its hosting of an EU summit with eastern European states and bullying Ukraine for daring to attend.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
The Race War in Russia's Capital -- Anna Nemtsova, Foreign Policy
John Kerry on forging a Pacific future -- John Kerry, L.A. Times
Hey China, Stop Laughing at the U.S. -- Damien Ma, Bloomberg
Good news from Syria (really): Chemical weapons being dismantled on schedule -- Max Fisher, Washington Post
An enriching dialogue with Iran — with limits -- Washington Post editorial
Ill and long isolated, Iranian opposition leaders scent freedom -- Marcus George, Reuters
Dammed, dirty, drained by war: can Iraq's Tigris River be restored? -- Jennifer Hattam, Christian Science Monitor
‘Turkish Betrayal’ Is the Talk of Israel -- Karl Vick and Aaron J. Klein, Time
Why the Middle East is less and less important for the United States. -- Aaron David Miller, Foreign Policy
How to undermine Al-Shabaab -- Mohamed Ali, Special to CNN
What's behind South Korean president's new strategy on North Korea? -- Peter Ford, Christian Science Monitor
Insight: Europe's bold vision hits trouble -- Luke Baker and Paul Carrel, Reuters
Pierre Omidyar and the bottomless optimism of billionaire publishers -- Jack Shafer, Reuters
Seventy Two Hours -- Richard Fernandez, Belmont Club/PJ Media
Obamacare: The New Vietnam -- Jeffrey Lord, American Spectator
Give the Nobel to the U.S. military -- James Kirchick, New York Daily News
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