| Get access to George Friedman’s deepest insights and forecasts at Geopolitical Futures: http://bit.ly/1JTwaYf — From Russia’s viewpoint, Ukraine is a critical buffer zone that must be either neutral or allied with Russia. The US might allow this but needed something in return. Putin’s defense of Syria’s Assad regime might do it. The US needs Assad to counterbalance ISIS but did not want to defend him. Russia, having now done so, might get a Ukraine settlement as its reward. |
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