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Acting Alone In A World That's Alive In Political Stirring Is To Condemn Oneself To Isolation And Probably Protracted Warfare Of The Kind That Can Be Dissipating.

We Shouldn't Overdramatize The Current Disagreements With The Russians. They Are Real, But They're Not Really All That Threatening. And The Notion That We're Moving Back To Some Cold War I Think Is Really An Exaggerated Judgment.

Foreign Policy Should Not Be Justified Through Making Oneself Feel Good, But Through Results That Have Tangible Consequences.

There Is Crisis In Europe, Where Russia Is The Principle Intriguer And Player, Which Affects A Major Source Of International Business And Flow Of Capital.

However, If Moscow Regains Control Over Ukraine, With Its 52 Million People And Major Resources As Well As Access To The Black Sea, Russia Automatically Again Regains The Wherewithal To Become A Powerful Imperial State, Spanning Europe And Asia.