Island hopping
As Russia seizes eastern Ukraine, China is slowly rolling back U.S. influence around the Pacific Rim
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines repeated Tuesday what others have already been warning—Russian President Vladimir Putin could resort to nuclear weapons if he feels he is losing the war in Ukraine.
Haines, the top U.S. intelligence official, told the Senate armed services committee that Putin could view the prospect of defeat in Ukrai…