RECKONING WITH RUSSIA’S REVANCHIST AIMS: Among the many thorny foreign policy dilemmas facing President Joe Biden as he completes one year in office are fading hopes for any sort of deal that would curb the nuclear ambitions of either Iran or North Korea, an increasing threat from China’s growing military strength and its impatience to take control of Taiwan, and growing domestic resistance to his military vaccine mandates that are roiling the ranks.

But for now, the most urgent and immediate concern is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s test of Biden’s resolve in resisting Putin’s demand that NATO stop its eastward expansion or see Russian troops pour into Ukraine to take over more of the country.

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