WHAT FOLLOWS IS AN EXTRACT FROM THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION. BUT FIRST AN ANALYSIS BY GUS LEONISKY, CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.IT APPEARS THAT EVEN BY THEN IN 1991 VLADIMIR PUTIN WAS “INVESTIGATING” A PHILOSOPHICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE, UNDERSTANDING AND RESOURCES. FINDING THE RIGHT DOSAGE OF PUBLIC/PRIVATE ADVENTURISM MIGHT HAVE LED THE