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The 2023 Books That Shaped My Thinking

How Putin's KGB Training Influenced His Approach to Orban and Trump

​​Putin's Theory of Victory: The West Gives Up

Russia's Attack on LGBTQ Existence

Trump's Authoritarian Rhetoric Has Become His White House Agenda

Thanksgiving Thread

'I May Be Behind Bars, But I’m Freer Than You:' A Russian Antiwar Protester Gets Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison

​​Q&A: A Doctor From Aleppo Speaks on the Systematic Bombing of Hospitals by Assad and Putin

Monday Thread: Trump and Ukraine

Ukraine's Counteroffensive is Over. What Comes Next?

Q&A: Ukraine's Case For Retaking Crimea

Poland's Surprise Election Augurs a Geopolitical Shift

Polish Populists Lose in an Upset

Q&A: A Coauthor of 'How Democracies Die' Explains Why the U.S. Was Uniquely Vulnerable to an Authoritarian Minority

Readings

Vladimir Putin's 'Mirror World'

Ukraine, explained

Terror at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

3 Takeaways From a Security Conference in Wartime Kyiv

Q&A: Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian Explains How China Weaponized Its Economy

Back-to-school thread

Q&A: Susan Neiman on Why It's a Mistake to Call the Left 'Woke'

Why Did Prigozhin's Plane Crash Now?

Prigozhin's Plane Crash Exposes The Dysfunction of the Putin System

Got summer reading ideas? And some coming attractions...

​​​​How Fox News' Alternate Reality Could Propel Trump To Victory

Russia Has a Bad News Problem

Putin's Purges

Notes From Ukraine

Victoria Amelina: Remembering a Ukrainian Writer Killed by a Russian Missile

The Coup That Wasn't

Prigozhin's Rebellion

Can Russia Withstand Another Mobilization?

As Charges Mount, Trump's Media Bubble Shrugs

A Dam Blows in Russian-Occupied Ukraine

How Autocrats Win Elections

The Trolling Counteroffensive

The Contract With Authoritarianism

Q&A: Jeffrey Toobin Connects Timothy McVeigh to Jan. 6

Trump Wants Winning, But Not For Ukraine

Q&A: A Historian Immersed Himself in Russia's 'Fascist' Online Groups. Here's What He Found.

What Happens After Social Media and Journalism Break Up

An Update...Recent Travels

A Kremlin Critic Gets 25 Years in Prison

Fox News Faces a Threat Like No Other

Sex, Lies, and Democracy

Takes on the Trump Indictment?

Open Thread: Read watch listen and Q&A

How the I.C.C. Arrest Warrant Changes the Endgame for Putin

How the I.C.C. Arrest Warrant Changes the Endgame for Putin

4 Reasons Why Putin's Arrest Warrant Matters

Pessimism About Ukraine

Press Censorship is Under Threat in 2 Ways (Audio)

Press Censorship is Under Threat in 2 Ways

One Year Later, Germany is Still Turning After Its 'Turning Point' With Russia

One Year Later, Germany is Still Turning After Its 'Turning Point' With Russia (Audio)

Russia is Unrecognizable One Year After Putin's Invasion of Ukraine

Biden vs. Putin: Symbols Matter

At Fox, the Bottom Line depended on the Big Lie

At Fox, the Bottom Line Depended on the Big Lie

Q&A: A Peer of Orban's Explains How He Turned Hungary Into an 'Electoral Autocracy'

Plan A Failed in Ukraine. Putin is now on to Plan B.

'Hope for Peace is Named Donald Trump'

'Hope For Peace is Named Donald Trump'

Trump Isn't the Biggest Issue in Platform Censorship. It's a Global Problem.

Trump Isn't the Biggest Issue in Platform Censorship. It's a Global Problem.

Putin Goes MIA

Putin Goes MIA (Audio)

Trump Knew: A Takeaway From the Jan. 6 Report

Trump Knew: A Jan. 6 Report Takeaway

We Are All Hostage To Vladimir Putin's World Now

We Are All Hostage to Putin's World Now (Audio)