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tion Good for the Jews? Steven J. Rosen Article 4. The New York Times The Stakes in Congress Editorial Article 5. The Guardian G20 and Syria: Putin's show Editorial Article 6. The National Interest G-20: Long Shadow Hangs Over U.S.-Russia Relations Gerald F. Hyman Article 7. The Washington

r leaders gather in St Petersburg today for the G20 summit, they may find themselves thinking much the same. Over Syria — but also more generally — Vladimir Putin's Russia has proved strong enough to frustrate the US at key moments. But it is too weak to promote anything remotely constructive or widely endorsed

nd, perhaps most significantly, Russian President Vladimir Putin. But the momentum toward U.S. intervention

ble elements of the Syrian army to maintain order and prevent the kind of chaos that followed the fall of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and EFTA00678416 Moammar Gaddafi in Libya; and preventing the future use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in a desperate last stand. These issues are crucial, so they're wor

n avoided, had the United States come in early and decisively on the side of the Syrian rebels. Instead, Obama vainly looked to both Kofi Annan and Vladimir Putin to help end the war when he should have also been organizing an air campaign. That's what did the job in Bosnia, Kosovo and even Libya, where the o

ma vainly looked to both Kofi Annan and Vladimir Putin to help end the war when he should have also bee

tead, Obama vainly looked to both Kofi Annan and Vladimir Putin to help end the war when he should have al

hen he should have also been organizing an air campaign. That's what did the job in Bosnia, Kosovo and even Libya, where the objective was to oust Moammar Gaddafi and head off a bloodbath. It worked. Just keeping Assad's airplanes on the ground would have shown the Syrian military that it was saluting the wro

ger to work with America on missile defense and integration within the West. It also ignored that reset essentially undid the punishments accorded Vladimir Putin for his 2008 invasion of Georgia. Meanwhile, China is angry and confused that the U.S. suddenly warns it to behave in the Pacific, after turning a

entially undid the punishments accorded Vladimir Putin for his 2008 invasion of Georgia. Meanwhile, Chi

reset essentially undid the punishments accorded Vladimir Putin for his 2008 invasion of Georgia. Meanwhil

f international terrorism. In response, the U.S.-sometimes successfully, sometimes not so much-has gone to war or at least gone after the likes of Moammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, Slobodan Milosevic, Ho Chi Minh, Manuel Noriega, Kim II- sung, and the Taliban. Like it or not, only the United St