The Putin perplexity
However desirable [regime change] may be, it is not within our power
Richard Haass Council on Foreign Relations
At the end of what had been a largely flawless visit to Europe, during which he focused on the misery Vladimir Putin was imposing on Russia, Joe Biden closed his 27-minute speech last Saturday evening in Warsaw by conjuring up the image of a less popular US president – George W Bush – when he said: “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.”
The US president has previously called Putin a
