Lamont Colluci, Weekly Standard: The Putin Doctrine in Action
Unlike American presidential doctrines, Russian doctrines tend to go unnoticed by the western media or are often dismissed as propaganda. This is curious, as the Russians, and before this the Soviets, are not known for hyperbole in geopolitics as they are in the ideological arena. For example, the Brezhnev Doctrine, which condemned Eastern Europe to Soviet domination was brutally enforced by the Soviet military and KGB. Now there is a Putin doctrine that counters the Obama Doctrine in every way.
WNU Editor: I always roll my eyes when I hear U.S. politicians and officials state that they are not sure on what is the Russian plan or policy in places like Ukraine, Syria, etc.. Sighh .... Putin has always been very blunt on what is that policy and plan .... and kudos to Lamont Colluci for pointing it out in this post. On a side note .... I do not share Lamont Colluci's comments on the "Obama Doctrine". I always believed (and still do) that the "Obama Doctrine" is actually President Obama trying his best to make sure that the U.S. is not drawn into the many wars and conflicts that are now breaking out in the Middle East. In my opinion this was (so I thought at the time) a proper policy .... unfortunately .... as much as the U.S. may not want to go to war, war wants to go to the U.S.. And while I do not expect President Obama will deviate from his policy of staying out these major conflicts or keeping U.S. involvement to a minimum .... my gut is telling me that the next U.S. President is going to be confronted with a lot of hard choices that President Obama has tried his best to not make or delay.
Update: Here is a better summary on the Putin Doctrine .... The New Putin Doctrine (Vladimir Ryzhkov, Moscow Times).
