Foreign Policy

Russian President Vladimir Putin
 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a press conference at his official residence on May 14, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a press conference at his official residence on May 14, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
Commentary
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Arthur Herman
Former Senior Fellow
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Lewis Libby
Former Senior Vice President
Arthur Herman & Lewis Libby
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Then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C), Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller (R) and former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (L) at the gas compressor station 'Portovaya' outside Vyborg, September 6, 2011. (ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
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Then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C), Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller (R) and former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (L) at the gas compressor station 'Portovaya' outside Vyborg, September 6, 2011. (ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
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Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
4 Min Read
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R) and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R) at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on March 9, 2016. (Ahmet Izgi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R) and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R) at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on March 9, 2016. (Ahmet Izgi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Musa, a 25-year-old Kurdish marksman, stands atop a building as he looks at the destroyed Syrian town of Kobane on January 30, 2015. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
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Musa, a 25-year-old Kurdish marksman, stands atop a building as he looks at the destroyed Syrian town of Kobane on January 30, 2015. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Lee Smith
5 Min Read
US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuba's President Raul Castro during the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on September 29, 2015. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuba's President Raul Castro during the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on September 29, 2015. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Ronald Radosh
Former Adjunct Fellow
Ronald Radosh
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