It wasn’t so long ago that the word “Taliban” in Russian news broadcasts was synonymous with terror, extremism, and dark mutterings about security threats spreading like mold toward the borders of the former Soviet Union. For over two decades, Moscow’s official line was as frozen as Siberian...
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Call it the Goldilocks military plan: Not too much, not too little, not too unilateral, not too American. The operation against Muammar Gaddafi's regime in Libya mirrors the moderate temperament of its architect, Barack Obama. But will it work in the rough realities of international politics...
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