You forgot to mention the "warming" of US-Cuba relations and the deepening of Russia sanctions and the fact that Putin invited Kim Jong-un to visit Russia [0].

You forgot to mention the "warming" of US-Cuba relations and the deepening of Russia sanctions and the fact that Putin invited Kim Jong-un to visit Russia [0]. It is so obvious that Obama is trying to press Russia into a corner and that corner seems to be the Far East. We have a fully-blown Cold War 2.0 scenario going on, I guess, the military complex didn't like the idea of Russia not being an enemy anymore and small threats like ISIS don't justify the huge military budget, so, we're going back to the convenient for some Cold War, unfortunately. The more enemies, the better. [0] http://www.smh.com.au/world/vladimir-putin-invites-north-koreas-kim-jongun-to-visit-russia-20141220-12b9h1.html http://www.smh.com.au/world/vladimir-putin-invites-north-kor...