- Emil Avdaliani
- August 30, 2019
- Paper No. 1271
Vladimir Putinโs government might be proud of many internal as well as foreign achievements, but strategically, Russia has fallen well behind the West. Putin is partly to blame, though titanic shifts in world politics and Russian history have dwarfed his ability to influence events. Russiaโs geography and poverty also limit his ability to pull off grand reforms inside the country.