The Loneliness of Vladimir Putin -- Julia Ioffe, New Republic
He crushed his opposition and has nothing to show for it but a country that's falling apart
This was to be the week Vladimir Putin reintroduced Russia to the world: a confident, economically booming power whose influence in Eastern Europe and the Middle East is coming back; whose ability to block and counter the United States is reestablished; and which offers, through Putin, a new model of conservatism for those disenchanted with the liberal West.
Yet that is not how it is turning out. Beginning Friday, the Sochi Olympics are more likely to become a forum for the demonstration of how and why Putin’s rule of Russia has failed — and how his power is ebbing both abroad and at home.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Putin is losing the Sochi Olympic game -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
The Dark Side of Putin's Winter Games - Neil Tweedie, Daily Telegraph
A day of reckoning over Iraq -- Lamont Colucci, Washington Times
World Citizen: U.S.-Saudi Ties Go From Bad to Worse -- Frida Ghitis, World Politics Review
A Tiny Glimmer From North Korea -- New York Times editorial
China’s economic reset is likely to hurt world’s emerging economies -- Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy
Who Will Be the Next China? -- Samuel Rines, National Interest
No Winners, Only Losers in Thailand’s Elections -- Elliot Brennan, The Diplomat
Thailand’s Looming Crisis -- Peter Mellgard and Walter Russell Mead, American Interest
Obama should add Seoul to his Asia itinerary -- Richard Armitage, Victor Cha and Michael Green, Washington Post
Moscow fiddles, while Kiev burns -- William E. Pomeranz, Reuters
How Russia Is Fighting to Regain Control of Ukraine -- Simon Shuster, Time
Venezuela and Argentina: The party is over -- The Economist
Why El Salvador's first-round electoral powerhouse is no sure thing in runoff -- Seth Robbins, Christian Science Monitor
Break the link between terrorism funding and poaching -- Johan Bergenas and Monica Medina, Washington Post
Rumors of al Qaeda’s Demise -- Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard
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