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Paris Attacks Prompt Geopolitical Shift in West - WSJ | Vladimir Putin Suggests Russia’s Isolation From the West Is Ending - WSJ | Moscow Chief Beneficiary of Paris Terrorist Attacks, Ukrainian Security Analysts Say | Paris attacks: The West’s fatal misunderstanding of Islamic State | Paris Attacks Raise Questions About US Security | Evolving Strategy: Strategy Shift for ISIS: Inflicting Terror in Distant Lands - 1:48 PM 11/16/2015

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Vladimir Putin Suggests Russia’s Isolation From the West Is Ending Putin's Russia is as isolated as ever after Crimea grab - GS Paris Attacks Prompt Geopolitical Shift in West :  Thirty minutes of  terror on the streets of Paris  looks to become the catalyst for a broad shift in international politics with implications that could last for years. Much of the focus in the West over the past year has been on a perceived growing threat from Russia. Terrorism was a real, but containable problem. Moscow’s new aggressive military posture in Ukraine and beyond, on the other hand, posed a more serious threat. But with a  series of well-coordinated strikes , Islamic State put the threat of terrorism back at the center of the international agenda. And Russia, far from a nuclear-armed enemy, instantly presented itself as a partner—one with a plan for immediately tamping down the threat. A Belgian national currently in Syria and believed to be one of Islamic State's m