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>> but could that dark path be leading to another russian land grab and where could putin strike next? let's bring in peter brook from the heritage foundation and fiona hill, author of mr. putin operative in the kremlin. i want to start with you, speaking in estonia today, vice president biden tried to reassure nato's allies, but you just met with the nato secretary general. how worried is he that the president's push in crimea is just the beginning? >> he was very concerned. direct response to a question about you know, are things going to calm down now. is crimea is the furthest extent. he w...

Joining me from washington, a senior fellow with the brookings institution, specialist in russian studies. co-author of mr. putin operative in the kremlin. good to see you. >> thank you. >> so, what is mr. putin's motivation here for supporting syria? is it simple? >> it's not simple. there are a list of interests that russia has in syria, but there are two main reasons why putin regards what's happening there in the threat of a strike as particularly risky for russia. >> what are they? >> it's all about russia. russia first and russia last. the first is the fact that the u.s. seems to be a se...