Is Vladimir Putin a strategic genius?

The course and speed of events that unfolded in the past decade, shows that he is. In 2007 UN Security Council meeting in Germany, he warned about using islamist extremism as a policy tool and the dangers it posed. read more

Why Vladimir Putin's strategic genius scares the heck out of me by Daniel W. Drezner July 30, 2014 Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything. read more

As there was after Mr. Putin’s action in Ukraine last year, there has been a chorus of commentary on his supposed strategic genius. He is acting decisively, seizing the initiative and creating facts on the ground — so the narrative goes, in contrast with the West’s feckless pursuits in Syria. read more