The KGB Playbook for Infiltrating the Middle East

In 1988, the Soviet intelligence service, the KGB, looked at its mistakes in the Middle East, where the CIA often had the upper hand. Putin has worked to change that.

Michael Weiss 

Contributing Editor

Published Dec. 28 2017 5:00AM EST 

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Michael Weiss

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