The incident of the failed assasination attempt turned Alexei Navalny into an international hero. If the Kremlin’s goal is to silence the opposition, it seems like putting Navalny in jail has exacerbated the problem: Thousands of protesters currently demand for his release, threatening Putin’s power and reminding him that, someday, he might have to face Navalny in the parliament elections.
The global problems facing the next president include dealing with North Korean nuclear ambitions, holding Iran to the terms of the nuclear deal, maritime conflict in the South China Sea and a massive...
