Putin’s Victory https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2013/09/putins-victory/

September 12, 2013 | Michael Doran
About the author: Michael Doran is a senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at Hudson Institute. The author of Ike’s Gamble: America’s Rise to Dominance in the Middle East (2016), he is also a former deputy assistant secretary of defense and a former senior director of the National Security Council. He tweets @doranimated.

In rushing to embrace rivals and enemies, we send an unmistakable signal about our resolve and reliability. (Interview by Max Fisher)

Read more on Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/09/10/syrias-plan-to-give-up-its-chemical-weapons-could-make-things-worse-not-better/