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I disagree. I think Putin is very intelligent. That's not to say that he's a strategic genius, although he may employ some. I think the difference is that Putin isn't motivated by ideology, but rather survival. He knows Russia is a failing power and he's plotted for decades to reverse that...

Right and Wrong. Japan was a success story because the US allowed Japan to retain a degree of sovereign power, while protecting Japan, and supplying Japan with the trade that it needed. Germany is much the same issue; US NATO membership assured it access to the markets and resources it needed...

Putin is indeed brilliant, but this move wasn't so much a master stroke so much as it was the next logical choice by Russia. The US withdrawing from Syria is actually not in Russia's interest. It in fact, is a setback for Russia. Let me explain. Russia started this Syrian mess. When Syria was...