Kremlin Strikes Back

America and Europe responded to Russia''s annexation of Crimea on March 18, 2014 by discarding their policy of East-West partnership and reverting intermittently to a policy of cold war. The West believes that this on-again/off-again second Cold War will end with Russia''s capitulation because it is not a sufficiently great power, while the Kremlin''s view is just the opposite; Vladimir Putin beli...