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Naval Historical Center photo 96974, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Paul's post about David Remnick's interview of Stephen Kotkin reminds me of another interview that Kotkin recorded in February. In.
Israel cuddling up to Russia continues to go as well as you might expect: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy that he recommends Ukraine take the offer.
Scott already posted about Viktor Orbán's opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It's not hard to understand the backlash among reactionary populists in former Warsaw Pact countries. The revolutions.
Einmarsch Sudetenland, Leitmeritz – Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-2006-0017 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5483858 I've spent the last six years arguing, in essence, that we should be looking at.
I find it difficult to name a single defining characteristic of the Trump presidency. It was, after all, a nonstop parade of terrible. If pressed to choose, though, I'd probably.
It wasn't that long ago – maybe five or six years – that I last heard someone claim that Russia would never posses real soft power. After all, who could.

A Chinese Su-27 Flanker fighter makes a fly by while the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, visits with members of the Chinese Air Force.
My forthcoming edited volume, which is relevant to, but not directly discussed in, this post. Sometimes the best way to compete is... not to bother. As Alex Cooley and I.