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pril 16, 2014 -- As President Obama looks at the Ukraine crisis, he sees an asymmetry of interests: Simply put, the future of Ukraine means more to Vladimir Putin's Russia than it does to the U.S. or Europe. For Putin, this is an existential crisis; for the West, so far, it isn't -- as the limited U.S. and Euro

the Kremlin aims to repeat the process, and from President Putin's desk it must look as if many of the pieces for

e point to the intelligence of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Game Theory and encourage others to beat

s the White House is facing a harder but perhaps more durable truth: the United States needs to pivot back toward the world. Walter Russell Mead is James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College and Editor-at-Large of The American Interest magazine. EFTA00684068 NYT Egypt's End

nt after the Bay of Pigs failure and the botched Vienna summit, and then proceeded to test the American president from Cuba to Berlin, so President Vladimir Putin and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei now believe they are dealing with a dithering and indecisive American leader, and are calibrating their p

ident from Cuba to Berlin, so President Vladimir Putin and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei now bel

rican president from Cuba to Berlin, so President Vladimir Putin and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

; times have changed radically and policy must shift. The president is a talented leader; the world will be watching what he does. Mr. Mead is the James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College and editor-at-large of the American Interest. Y I Adrift on the Nile Bill Keller Au

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

gh and a little less love might get us closer to the kind of understanding that could help this tormented region cool down. Walter Russell Mead is James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College and Editor-at- Large of The American Interest magazine. E FTA_R1_02204477 EFTA02720821