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Michael McFaul

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

Great point. My argument is that Putin is not ALWAYS driven by illiberal ideology. Sometimes realist ideology influences his thinking too. You rightly add opportunism. (BTW, I found similar behavior among US officials. Its only academia that argues it has to be one or the other.) — PolitiTweet.org

Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko

Oh btw I forgot perhaps another point of disagreement. If Putin is driven by "Putinism," then why is it that he see… https://t.co/9ltkVfnkUE

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

RT @DrRadchenko: Check out footnote 87 in @McFaul's new piece on explaining Russia's foreign policy behaviour. (In @Journal_IS). What do pe… — PolitiTweet.org

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

And if we can think of times in our life where we hold a belief/conviction but dont always act in ways consistent with it (I am committed to losing weight, but I still eat a cookie), why is it so hard to imagine foreign policy leaders acting in the same inconsistent ways? — PolitiTweet.org

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