How Putin’s deft moves in Syria impact Europe

By Laurie Ann Mylroie

Published December 16, 2015 5:03am ET

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How Putin’s deft moves in Syria impact Europe — While Russia's intervention has renewed prospects for the regime of Bashar al-Assad and strengthened Moscow's hand in any political settlement, it has also shifted the European landscape. (AP Photo) | Sergei Karpukhin

In March 2014, President Obama called Russia a mere “regional power,” much as he had earlier described the Islamic State as the “JV team.” But Russian President Vladimir Putin is proving him wrong, exploiting Obama’s timidity in another region of the world to bolster his standing in Europe and undermine NATO.

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