03/13/2013
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"Russian actions reflect the new nationalism of Russian public opinion."
"I believe his calculation--and it's a correct one--is that we get paralyzed by the fear of escalation and by the fear of confrontation."
"These sanctions may not have altered Putin's strategic calculus in the Ukraine, but they have raised a cost to his actions."
"I think we've been off balance in Syria since Assad violated the red lines and used chemical and biological weapons on his own people."