Yesterday we linked to a column by Stephen F. Cohen, which appeared as part of a three-part opinion feature on Russia in the IHT. The other two columns were contributed by Russia’s Ambassador to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, whose political party is not without controversy, and Henry Kissinger, who has recently stepped up his boosterism of U.S.-Russia cooperation in columns and television interviews. Both Cohen and Kissinger raise important truths about the current changes occurring in Russia, and as one blogger has pointed out, whenever a lefty historian and hardline Republican realist join in their opinions, something very peculiar is happening. Although I believe it is still early to display the kind of euphoric optimism we see in these articles, there is a strong argument that some Western attitudes toward Russia need to change in a constructive and coherent way. But how?