Michael McFaul

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

In 2011, Putin announced he was seeking a 3rd term. In 2011, massive demonstrations erupted inside Russia (and Arab world). In 2013, new massive demonstrations erupted in Ukraine. In 2014, Yanukovich fled Ukraine. In 2014, Putin annexed Crimea & supported separatists. 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 11, 2021 Hibernated

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

So what changed between 2010 and 2014? Did NATO become stronger? No. Did NATO try to bring Ukraine in? No. Was the US more threatening to Russia? No. Rather, things changed inside Russia and Ukraine. In other words, you have to bring domestic politics into the story. 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

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These domestic-level variables inside Russia & Ukraine -- not changes in BOP, not NATO policy, not US policy (Obama was president the whole time) drove changes in Russia's threat perception about NATO constructed by Putin. Power matters in IR. Domestic politics matter too. 8/ END — PolitiTweet.org

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