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Q&A: Two Exiled Russian Journalists Explain How Their Former Friends Ended Up Working for the Kremlin
In a new book, Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov write about their Moscow milieu which collapsed as Putin launched wars at home and abroad
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Here's the Big Problem With Trump's New Spending Target for NATO
Flattering Trump might have bought time for Europe, but it won't solve an underlying vulnerability in procurement
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Like Many Autocratic Regimes, Iran is Weak and Strong
Authoritarians last longer than you might think--even under duress
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Q&A: Lithuania's Former Top Diplomat Says the U.S.-Russia Talks Feel a Bit Like the Hitler-Stalin Pact
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A Slain Ukrainian Writer's Unfinished Manuscript Shows Courage Amid Chaos
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Trump Obeyed in Advance to Putin
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What JD Vance Could Not Understand About Ukraine
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Believe Trump's Threat Of Using the Military Against the 'Enemy From Within'
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Trump's Embrace of Putin Could Lead to Endless War
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Does Trump Understand That Foreign Policy is More Than Doing Deals?
You can't put a price on sovereignty and security
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Trump is Trying to Manufacture a Crisis in LA
The escalation is almost entirely one-sided, and designed to sow division and create a spectacle
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It Turns Out That Uprooting Populists is Hard
A right-wing candidate winning in Poland shows that it takes a lot to reverse illiberalism
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Musk's Cuts Cost Lives But Didn't Save Money
And what happens when a DOGE engineer finds out that government isn't that 'inefficient'...
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What Happens When You Have a Government of the Worst
It can be complicated to follow the Trump Administration day in, day out. Here's the overarching principle.
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Donald Trump Washes His Hands of the War in Ukraine
'24 hours' to 'not my problem'
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Russia Threatens Ukraine Like a Mob Boss
The first negotiations since 2022 came with fake history lessons and threats
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A newsletter by Luke Johnson on democratic erosion in the U.S. and abroad with a special focus on Russia's war in Ukraine.
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