Michael McFaul

Michael McFaul @McFaul

RT @ksadjadpour: Unveiled female university students in Tehran chant, “We don't want spectators, join us.” https://t.co/sKKdyK2TcV — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @memarsadeghi: Obama says he was wrong not to back Iranian protestors in 2009. This ought to give Biden encouragement to do much more. H… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @memarsadeghi: Hossein has both legs broken from torture. His mom got a call from prison today saying he is throwing up blood. @POTUS: S… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LadiKhanom: For the English speaking people outraged by #Mahsa_Amini‌ 's murder and surprised by Iranians' uprising, take a look at thi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NedaSharghi: Emad Emad Emad please please please please Emad Emad Emad please please please - over and over in my head. Don't wish this… — PolitiTweet.org

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Ideological leaders of great powers often overreach. Putin obviously has not studied this historical pattern. — PolitiTweet.org

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@RuneLinding Yep. Hope Putin understands that lesson. — PolitiTweet.org

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"The paramount objective of all autocrats is to stay in power. Yet Putin’s escalation of his invasion in Ukraine is undermining this objective." 2/ END https://t.co/qE9hFLPVqO — PolitiTweet.org

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"Putin recently doubled down on three fronts: mass military mobilization, annexation and threats to use nuclear weapons. The problem for him is that each of these three moves could produce an even further erosion of his power at home." 1/ THREAD — PolitiTweet.org

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В результате, произошло два вида мобилизации -- сотни тысяч в списках на присоединение к войне и такое же количество покидает Россию, чтобы избежать войны. 3/ КОНЕЦ — PolitiTweet.org

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За одну ночь война, которая в течение месяцев игнорировалась большинством россиян, вдруг стала личной проблемой практически для каждой семьи. 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Для многих россиян война началась не в феврале, а в сентябре, когда Путин объявил о своих планах массовой мобилизации солдат, начав с 300 000 новобранцев, чтобы остановить проигрыш России на поле боя. 1/ТРЕД — PolitiTweet.org

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"Mass refusal to fight in losing wars has happened before in Russia, sometimes precipitating revolution." Putin can escalate the war. But it comes with enormous costs. https://t.co/qE9hFLPVqO — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @fravel: Will the Ukraine war go nuclear? Not if the U.S. and Russia adhere to the lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis, writes Stanford’… — PolitiTweet.org

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Great point from @YudinGreg. Leftists of the world, unite! — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m against annexation everywhere. Judging by his embrace of Putin today, Palestinian President Abbas seems to have a more selective position on annexation. Disappointing. — PolitiTweet.org

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United Nations votes 143-5 to condemn Russia's 'attempted illegal annexation' of Ukraine provinces https://t.co/P2qQkrahAU via @TheWeek — PolitiTweet.org

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Read or watch ⁦@cafreeland⁩ terrific speech about the future of democracies versus autocracies after Putins invasion of Ukraine. It’s a major conceptual statement. https://t.co/M8XYxXrB0I — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cafreeland: Democracies should depend on democracies, not dictators. For Canada and Canadian workers—and for those of our democratic a… — PolitiTweet.org

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This! — PolitiTweet.org

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"After a nuclear attack, no Ukrainian leader would call for surrender. Instead, Zelensky would have every reason to bring the war to Russia, including attacks on targets in Moscow and other major cities." https://t.co/qE9hFLPVqO — PolitiTweet.org

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Путин может эскалировать войну. Но плата за это будет огромной. https://t.co/qE9hFLPVqO — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SpeakerPelosi concern for Pence compare to Trumps indifference that day is striking. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MeredithGould Exactly — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HooverInst: "If the Russian armed forces continue to lose on the battlefield, the only way to end this war might involve putting someon… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @anders_aslund: @McFaul @KHShan The most obvious recent example was 60,000-100,000 Americans who emigrated, mainly to Canada and Sweden,… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: .@SpeakerPelosi is such a strong, courageous leader, caring for @VP45 when she herself had people coming for her. I am so grat… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuliaDavisNews: Meanwhile in Russia, they're hunting for males to mobilize. https://t.co/95ffafz9Mx — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RexChapman: Nancy Pelosi - with a band of thugs coming to kill her, casually stepping into a Slim Jim, is the best thing ever… — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SpeakerPelosi is such a strong, courageous leader, caring for @VP45 when she herself had people coming for her. I am so grateful that she was Speaker at this horrific moment in American history. — PolitiTweet.org