Going from Putin’s Frown to Medvedev’s Smile

[T]heirs is not a clash between East and West, nor between democracy and authoritarianism, but between two versions of American destiny.

Let’s not follow Kyiv’s tragic path of letting Washington and its allies use our land, sea and air for war against a rival nuclear power.

[T]he Republican Party is now a coalition of religious conservatives, the social and economic right, and libertarian oligarchs. For their part, the Democrats have become a broad “tent” uniting liberals, moderates, and socialists.

[T]he Trump administration needs to send this man for training to learn some of the basics of diplomacy.