The
International Herald Tribune is hitting the Ukraine-gas-Putin story pretty hard. This
editorial summarizes the situation pretty well, claiming that Putin's use energy as a political weapon undermines his international credibility. Celeste A. Wallander
focuses more on what it means for the rest of the world in terms of energy security. And
Anatol Lieven says the crisis illustrates how "the West's strategy toward Ukraine has been founded on a bizarre illusion."
