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FLASH POINTS   Highlights from Foreign Policy

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From Reset to Realpolitik, Clinton's New Hard Line on Moscow   by Molly O'Toole   As president, Hillary Clinton is prepared to take a much tougher stance on Russia than Trump — or even Obama. Syria's civil war will be the first test.   MORE                 Feature     First Helmand, Then Afghanistan by Sune Engel Rasmussen and Andrew Quilty   A trip through the country's beleaguered south reveals demoralized soldiers, corrupt local officials, and sweeping Taliban gains in previously peaceful towns. How did Obama's "good war" go so wrong?     MORE               Argument     Obama's Syria Strategy Is the Definition of Insanity by Charles Lister   Another ceasefire is in tatters. But America keeps reaching out to Russia while expecting a different result.     MORE               Argument     Putin Has Finally Reincarnated the KGB by Andrei Soldatov   Twenty five years after the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union's most infamous spy agency is back in all but name.     MORE               Podcast     The Final Front in the Afghan War by Dan De Luce   FP's Dan De Luce talks to Sune Rasmussen and Andrew Quilty about reporting from Helmand Province, where the fighting has worsened and the Taliban is gaining ground.

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