A new guy for your stable of smart guys. He taught at SAIS in DC where I went in 1989. I was just down there a few weeks ago and was on a panel with him. He is vicious on Bill C's NATO expansion -- biggest foreign policy error since WWII. Retiring. Let me know if you want an intro -- I am sure that your Russian friends would enjoy talking to him. Book well worth reading... http s: //www. amazon. com/M issi on-Failure-America-World-P o st- Cold/dp/m9o469471/ref=sr 1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1476889698&sr=1- 1&keywords=mission+failure