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  • President Vladimir Putin’s decision to intervene in Syria marked a major turning point in Russian foreign policy in 2015. In the year ahead, the US should seek an alliance with Russia to defeat ISIS; but it should do so with no illusions about the probability of success – and real concerns about the cost of failure.

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    Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin Chip Somodevilla/CNP via ZUMA Wire

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