Tribute - George Kennan

American Russia specialist George Kennan passed away the other day, and there were obituaries from the Associated Press, Reuters, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, among others (the links should take you to the articles, though NYT and WP require registration). The NYT and WP obituaries are both extensive, interesting, and worth reading. Kennan was a wise man (if not one of the "wise men") in a field which unfortunately seems to be increasingly dominated by mediocre bureaucrats and short-sighted political hacks.