♦ As the Ukraine crisis escalates with Russian troops taking hold of Crimea, Barack Obama faces his sternest challenge – or as Edward Luce puts it, his chicken Kiev moment.
♦ Western military experts suspect Russia of plotting its action in Crimea for weeks.
♦ Politico suggests that Russia no longer fears the west , and outlines why.
♦ The New Yorker reports on the strange world of the Muslim Brotherhood court cases in Egypt.
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