minister boris johnson hold on? in hindsight i will talk about all of that and more with richard haass, anne applebaum and david miliband. also, stocks are volatile, inflation is stubborn, oil hits seven-year highs and china s growth starts to slow. what is going on with the economy? now we need to get inflation under control. i will talk to rana foroohar of the financial times. but first here is my take. what does vladimir putin want? it s a question washington finds hard to answer because, let s face it, we americans rarely put ourselves in other people s shoes. two important essays by dmitri trennen in foreign affairs provide some clues. both suggest that putin has