Russia’s President Vladimir Putin gestures at a news conference after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Ufa, Russia, July 10, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei KarpukhinPresident Obama called Russia a “regional power” with the obvious implication that the US should not worry about it too much. He has praised Russia for its “help” in negotiating with Iran. Secretary of State John Kerry, too, has held up Russia’s cooperation on Syria as an example “of what happens when Russia and the United States work together.” Should we follow the administration’s lead in its basic sanguinity about Russia – or are there grounds …read more
Source: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research