
Michael McFaul @McFaul
I'm not as well-versed in IR theories as I should be, but couldn't the U.S. strategy in thwarting Russia in Europe be described as classic realpolitik "off-shore balancing"? What am I missing? (Not saying it's good or bad, but like the realists love to say, it just is.) 1/ THREAD — PolitiTweet.org