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Thu Dec 30 22:54:25 +0000 2021

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

But those situations are of course very rare. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

PS even “survival” is not always an “objective” national interest. Yeltsin, for instance, did not believe that USSR… https://t.co/Nza0UAwQ2l

Posted Dec. 30, 2021 Hibernated

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

PS even “survival” is not always an “objective” national interest. Yeltsin, for instance, did not believe that USSR survival served the interests of the Russian people. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

Well, agreed, that there are some set of minimal objective interests like survival. But then the “correct” strategi… https://t.co/2t3EeIOUb0

Posted Dec. 30, 2021 Hibernated

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But we actually know from history - not theory - that different Russian leaders have had varying, not constant, attitudes about NATO. Look at what Yeltsin said about NATO in the 1990s. Putin in 2000. Read Medvedev's speech at the NATO summit in 2010. Nothing like Putin today. — PolitiTweet.org

William Ruger @WillRuger

@McFaul Yes. But the more severe the systemic constraints, the more obvious the “correct” strategy. And in the case… https://t.co/ElAa9XNQJJ

Posted Dec. 30, 2021 Hibernated

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