Garry Kasparov: Putin Will Never Work With U.S., He Needs An Enemy To Justify Rule

'Deep Thinking' author and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov speaks with FBN's Maria Bartiromo about Russian president Vladimir Putin's interests in the middle east.

"Still there is no strategy," he said about the Trump administration's strike in Syria. "one move is not a strategy."

"Hopefully Americans will understand, without American presence in [the middle east], there will be no peace," he added.

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"Relations with Russia are exactly what Putin wants them to be," Kasparov said. "Confrontation with America is a core of his domestic propaganda. Listen to Russian television. America is the arch-enemy, and Putin needs to show strength all the time, with planes flying around, because the economy is in terrible shape, the oil price is going down, he doesn't expect any improvement, so he will keep creating problems to demonstrate to the Russian elite and the Russian public that he can defy the United States... That is his only currency. And so far it is the best currency, because under Obama, America played ball."

"As long as Putin stays there, it will be the same... He needs an enemy, he is a dictator, he needs an enemy to explain why the situation in the country is so poor, and also to explain why he is staying in power for the rest of his life," Kasparov explained.