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After the @bellingcat investigation revealed FSB involvement in @navalny's poisoning, there are calls for urgent tough measures against Russia, ranging from new extensive sanctions to expelling Russia from international organisations.
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Michael McFaul is getting a lot of criticism for this take, with people drawing on Saudi Arabia and other examples to claim that it doesn't matter what color the cat
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Okay, time for a thread on @McFaul's very significant contribution, an article on Putin and Putinism in @Journal_IS: https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/full/10.1162/isec_a_00390. The article is in the open access for now, so be
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From the annals of Soviet decision-making on Afghanistan, 1979. Many people know that the Soviets were in fact remarkably reluctant to intervene in Afghanistan. We had long known that they
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I'd disagree with the core premise underlying this paper. We often read stuff to the effect that the Cold War was in a category of its own because it entailed
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A quick thread comparing Soviet motivations for intervention between 1956 and 1989.1) Poland. 1956. After Gomulka, whom the Soviets considered a nationalist, gained power and tried to force out pro-Soviet
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One of the interesting things I've discovered in my research on NATO enlargement and Russia is just how diverse the historiography of the question is, both in Russia and the
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So, watched @SecPompeo's remarks on China. Very loaded. The core idea seems to be some new form of confronting China but it can't be containment because, Pompeo says, China isn't
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Re-reading Evgenii Primakov's memoir, Meetings at Crossroads: https://www.litres.ru/evgeniy-primakov/vstrechi-na-perekrestkah-10328957/chitat-onlayn/. At one point he delves into a discussion of Western aid to the USSR (or, rather, its
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So I've read the long-delayed #RussiaReport. (Read it for yourself here: https://docs.google.com/a/independent.gov.uk/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=aW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuZ292LnVrfGlzY3xneDo1Y2RhMGEyN2Y3NjM0OWFl). A quick reaction. 1. Th
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So, a quick take on Putin's long-delayed article on WWII, published (omg) by the National Interest: https://nationalinterest.org/feature/vladimir-putin-real-lessons-75th-anniversary-world-war-ii-162982. The overall conclusion is of cour
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