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author of RED FAMINE, GULAG and IRON CURTAIN. Washington Post columnist. Professor of practice, and co-director,ARENA

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    16 Feb 2017

    After this is all over, I never, ever want to hear again about how businessmen would run the government better than politicians.

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  2. 35 minutes ago

    This article explains why we need the Western alliance, and why, despite the rest of today's news, its fundamentals are still strong

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  3. 3 hours ago

    also, everybody should read 's book, Tango Noir

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  4. 5 hours ago

    but is right about Putin's motives: To stay in power, he needs to destabilize democracy and especially the EU. The young people waving EU flags on the Maidan in Kyiv were his worst nightmare. Doesn't want to see them in Red square.

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  5. 5 hours ago

    Not quite. Russian efforts to destabilize the West only work by amplifying existing Western problems: polarization, loss of trust, social media platforms which were created to enable advertising campaigns

    It’s all about Putin. It always was. Brexit, Trump, fake news, ‘populism’, the normalisation of racist lies. Destabilising the West was alway’s Putin’s only chance of avoiding Yanukovych’s fate & hanging on to all the cash he’s stolen. Sunday Times required…
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  6. 6 hours ago

    more from here

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  7. 6 hours ago

    5. of course, if the deals come through, then the money can be used to finance a political campaign - legally.

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  8. 6 hours ago

    4. Russian offers of lucrative private deals could be used to make politicians 'pro-Russian,' even if those deals somehow don't work out. That may have been the point of that Trump Tower Moscow negotiation, though we don't know enough about it

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  9. 6 hours ago

    3. There is some evidence of this in the case of the Austrian Freedom Party, and also the Italian Northern League. Important point: It's not illegal, or not necessarily. It doesn't break laws on foreign funding for political parties, if they exist

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  10. 6 hours ago

    2. Russians don't usually give direct funding, the exception being Marine Le Pen's National Front. Instead, they offer lucrative business deals to high-ranking members of the movement.

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  11. 6 hours ago

    1. Here's what's interesting about the story on Arron Banks and his links to Russia: It illustrates how Russian support for European political movements actually works

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    7 hours ago

    Absolutely unique behavior. First negotiates, agrees and signs a statement. Then revokes the entire thing with an inflight tweet. Stable? Genius?

    Based on Justin’s false statements at his news conference, and the fact that Canada is charging massive Tariffs to our U.S. farmers, workers and companies, I have instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communique as we look at Tariffs on automobiles…
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    16 hours ago

    NATO is once again practicing for the worst by

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    17 hours ago

    BREAKING: Here's the Sunday Times splash

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    20 hours ago

    NATO is once again practicing for the worst by

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    22 hours ago

    “But this is not the alliance in theory, the one people are discussing right now, w/ so much concern, from Washington to Tallinn to Montreal. This is the transatlantic alliance in practice.” Must-read op-ed by :

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  17. Retweeted
    Jun 8

    Perversely, on the day that the transatlantic alliance appears to be ending, here's a description of how it is still working even when you can't see it

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    Jun 8

    70% of voters say Trump shouldn't fire Mueller. 13% say he should. Republicans say 50-23% Trump shouldn't fire Mueller. 56% say the FBI informant was "routine." 33% say the FBI spied on the Trump camp. Repubs are the only group who believe the spy allegation.

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    Jun 9

    Goal of Russia’s Influence US/EU elections - “win through force of politics rather than politics of force”, by helping foreign leaders win who will advance Russia’s foreign policy goals & weaken alliances that challenge the Kremlin - Putin’s mission in America = complete

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    Jun 8

    NEW PODCAST! 'The Threat From Russia: Can Putin Be Stopped?' With and Ivan Krastev available now:

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  21. Jun 8

    The largest Nato special forces training exercise in recent memory has just finished

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