Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 24, 2015

George Ingram, Newsweek: What Makes Putin Run?

The Washington foreign policy community—actually the entire Western world—is seized with how the U.S. and its allies should respond to Russia’s incursion into Ukraine. Before critical decisions are made, policymakers and pundits would do well to read Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin.

If you want to understand how Czar Putin views the world, how his view differs from our own, what motivates him, and how he responds, read this book. No one has dissected Putin better than my Brookings colleagues Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 24, 2015

Inside the mind of Vladimir Putin -- The Telegraph

How we lost our chance for peace with Putin -- Peter McKay, The Daily Mail

What If Putin Were Nice? -- Keith Gessen, Politico

What If Ukraine Decides To Stop Fighting? -- Paul Roderick Gregory, Forbes

Ukraine Rebels Praise the Lord While Russia Passes the Ammunition -- Anna Nemtsova, Daily Beast

Will Europe Collude With Putin in Ukraine’s Defeat? -- Judy Dempsey, Newsweek

Did Turkey Cut a Deal With ISIS to Save Soldiers? -- Jamie Dettmer, Daily Beast

'What ISIS Really Wants': The Response -- Graeme Wood, The Atlantic

Why Arab Ground Troops Won’t Defeat ISIS -- Bobby Ghosh, Quartz/Defense One

ISIS vs. Al Qaeda: Jihadism’s Global Civil War -- Daniel Byman and Jennifer Williams, National Interest

Justice Department: We’ll Go After ISIS’s Twitter Army -- Shane Harris, Daily Beast

How Netanyahu's speech to Congress has jeopardised US-Israel relations -- Chris McGreal, The Guardian

Crisis in Europe Averted (For Now) -- Bloomberg editorial

Venezuala’s turmoil not helped by declining oil prices -- The Irish Times

The Easy Oil Is Gone So Where Do We Look Now? -- Andrew Topf, Real Clear Energy