Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on agriculture in Rostov region, Russia, September 24, 2015. REUTERS/ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/RIA NOVOSTI/KREMLIN
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg: Repression or Reform, Putin Must Decide
With oil priced at less than $30 per barrel, the ruble down 10 percent so far this month and no coherent government plan for dealing with Russia's deepening economic crisis, President Vladimir Putin faces a choice similar to that of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev: Should he relax controls on the economy, rein in external assertiveness and engineer a rapprochement with the West -- or take the path of domestic repression?
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 22, 2016
Saudi-Iranian Tensions -- Alireza Nader, The Cipher
Assad Has It His Way: The Peace Talks and After -- Joshua Landis and Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs
Why Syria peace talks aren't going according to schedule -- Howard La Franchi, CSM
Five years on, unrest tests 'Arab Spring' model Tunisia -- Tarek Amara, Reuters
Why Al-Shabaab is not joining ISIS -- Conor Gaffey, Newsweek
Libya and the Failure to Learn From Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria -- Trevor Thrall, Real Clear Defense
Twenty-Somethings in Taiwan and the Country’s First Female President -- Hua Hsu, New Yorker
Vietnam: Don't Blow It -- Bloomberg editorial
China: It’s Worse Than You Think -- Richard Vague, Democracy Journal
Amid Protests, Moldova Finally Appoints a Government -- Stratfor
Russia's Ruling Regime Must Modernize or Face Collapse -- Nikolai Petrov, Moscow Times
Russia will brush off Litvinenko accusations – and there is little that can be done about it -- Alex Titov, The Independent
Once again, Europe needs America -- James Stavridis, Politico
Upheaval in the Factories of Juarez -- Alana Semuels, The Atlantic
Bergdahl Defense Could Call His Loudest Critic: Trump -- Josh Rogin, Bloomberg
Mysterious Zika Virus Stumps Scientists -- Kent Sepkowitz, Daily Beast
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