Michael McFaul: The myth of Putin’s strategic genius
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with Iran's Parliament speaker Ali Larijani (not pictured) in Sochi on Oct. 22.
PALO ALTO, Calif. THE Russian president, Vladimir Putin, continues to surprise. Russia's military intervention in Syria, followed by a face-to-face meeting in Moscow this week with that country's president, Bashar al-Assad, has startled the world.
