Chris Read C.J.Read@warwick.ac.uk C.J.Read@warwick.ac.uk Chris Read is Professor in Twentieth-Century European History at the University of Warwick. Most Recent Putin Meets Assad in Moscow – and Runs Rings Around his Western Critics Chris Read Latest Articles 1 The Return of Backyard Power Politics by Mohamed Amersi 2 Spectral Threats: China, Russia and Trump’s Greenland Rationale by Binoy Kampmark 3 A Cruel Truce: Israel’s Ongoing Demolition of Gaza by Binoy Kampmark 4 The Allies Who Matter Most in a Submarine Missile Crisis by Ju Hyung Kim 5 An American Generalissimo by William J. Watkins, Jr.