Wednesday, 11 May 2016

Vladimir Putin, explained (Anna Newby, Brookings)

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a joint news conference with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto following their talks at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool

Is the West misreading Russian President Vladimir Putin? Brookings Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for the United States and Europe Fiona Hill sets the record straight in a new article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Putin oversees a vast nuclear weapons arsenal—so for the sake of international security, it’s important to know who he is, how he thinks, and why. And Western leaders, for their part, will need to learn how to talk with him.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/05/10-vladimir-putin-explained-newby

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