I'm not sure about whether Ukraine will ever be joining. As long as there's a frozen conflict on Ukrainian territory, they can't possibly join. And t….

Russia has the ability to control Ukraine's economic future because of the natural gas pipeline link. And as a result, that means that Russia has jus….

Vladimir Putin doesn't really gain anything economically from annexation of Crimea. It's more a gain of power. It's a gain of what he can say to his ….

I think Russia must have been very embarrassed by Syria's use of chemical weapons because it really undercut Putin's role back in 2013 in saying he h….

Vladimir Putin would like to have more influence in Ukraine. He would like to have Ukraine always knocked slightly off balance so that they don't kno….

It is clear that there would nothing a U.N. Security Council resolution that condemned Syria because Syria is Russia's ally, and Russia has a veto in….

We have to be concerned that Russia is also increasing its military influence in Egypt, potentially in Libya, also in Afghanistan..

I don't think that we're necessarily going to see the U.S. and Russia becoming out and out military competitors against each other..

Putin is somebody who really respects strength..