When, on  August 25, a  US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, carrying CIA Director John Ratcliffe, landed in Moscow for secret meetings with Russian officials, it reminded one of the stories of the Cold War years when intelligence heads frequently succeeded in maintaining stability or securing breakthroughs after traditional diplomacy conducted through formal political and … Continue reading C-17 in Moscow Echoes India-Pak’s 1999 Kargil & Cuba Missile Crisis. Can It Break the Ukraine Deadlock?