Commentary
If Russian President Vladimir Putin looks over his shoulder, he might see Nikita Khrushchev.
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev addresses the Soviet Communist Party in Moscow, Russia, on February 1959. Khrushchev became the first secretary of the Party on the death of Stalin and was deposed in 1964, replaced by Brezhnev and Kosygin and went into retirement. AFP via Getty Images
Stu Cvrk
Author
Stu Cvrk retired as a captain after serving 30 years in the U.S. Navy in a variety of active and reserve capacities, with considerable operational experience in the Middle East and the Western Pacific. Through education and experience as an oceanographer and systems analyst, Cvrk is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he received a classical liberal education that serves as the key foundation for his political commentary.
