Michael McFaul

Michael McFaul @McFaul

"Bandit" Pushilin. That's a better adjective than "separatist" for the so-called leader of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic in Donbas. Thank you @berdynskykh_k. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @berdynskykh_k: Бандит Пушилин в видеообращении объявил о массовой эвакуации жителей «ДНР» в Ростовскую область РФ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @melissakchan: At @MunSecConf, German Foreign Minister @ABaerbock says we should not discuss this as a Ukraine crisis — but rather a Rus… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kylieatwood: "We assess that Russia probably has massed between 169,000-190,000 personnel in and near Ukraine as compared with about 10… — PolitiTweet.org

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This speech is very scary. Agree with @maxseddon. It sure sounds like the separatists are evacuating their women and children from Donbas to clear the area for war. (Hope I'm wrong.) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @olliecarroll: Not good. Head of Russian backed puppet govt in Donetsk has announced an “evacuation” of citizens. Claims Ukraine plannin… — PolitiTweet.org

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Not a good sign when the head of RT is tweeting, 'and now, it looks like, it's started.' (Im paraphrasing; Im not a translator) — PolitiTweet.org

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This: — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tkesho3: Germany is ready to pay high price if we were to respond to Russia's further agression against Ukraine, all options are on the… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FiringLineShow: "Putin has a gun to the head of Zelensky and the Ukrainian people." Michael @McFaul, former US ambassador to #Russia,… — PolitiTweet.org

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On @Morning_Joe just now, @JoeNBC asked very smartly why is Putin threatening to take such an irrational, risky act of invading Ukraine. It makes no logical sense. Joe is right. But as I wrote in @PostOpinions "Vladimir Putin does not think like we do" https://t.co/vrGCbZMQyS — PolitiTweet.org

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If Putin invades Ukraine again, let's be very clear -- there was an alternative, peaceful path to enhancing security of all Europan countries, including Russia. I outlined that path in detail here: https://t.co/NUIjhupHEN via @ForeignAffairs — PolitiTweet.org

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On @Morning_Joe shortly. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @fromTGA: @MunSecConf opening @antonioguterres says risks today may in some respects be even greater than in Cold War… https://t.co/XXbN… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: We at @FSIStanford @Stanford have a deep bench of expertise on #Ukraine & #Russia. Check out our recent publications here: — PolitiTweet.org

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@BobBrigham It's way more complicated than that. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AmbDennisRoss: @McFaul I have always been struck by how “the realists” ignore so much of “reality.” It gets to your point that it is v… — PolitiTweet.org

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Good idea. Blinken and Lavrov should meet in Helsinki to discuss what I call "Helsinki 2.0." The details: "How to Make a Deal With Putin." https://t.co/NUIjhupHEN via @ForeignAffairs — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @interfax_news: Лавров заявил, что РФ встревожена резким ростом числа обстрелов в Донбассе https://t.co/ycRvBAdDoM — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Morning_Joe: Fri. guest list: Jonathan Lemire, Elisabeth Bumiller, Adm James Stavridis, Rev. Al Sharpton, Mike Barnicle, Dave Aronberg,… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @olgatokariuk: A record number of shellings this year registered in Donbas in the last 24h,Ukraine's defense minister Oleksii Reznikov s… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @interfax_news: Финляндия предложила площадку для встречи Лаврова и Блинкена https://t.co/mhhKbAkrCd — PolitiTweet.org

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@dominguez_cody No can do — PolitiTweet.org

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Couldn’t go to #MSC2022 because I’m teaching on Fridays in Winter Quarter for first time ever. But now #fomo. — PolitiTweet.org

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From 2014. Tragically, all still true today. "Confronting Putin’s Russia." https://t.co/9oQPXmWkBT — PolitiTweet.org

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@IceAge2150 Cant you make an argument without adding a childish insult? — PolitiTweet.org

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So I'm happy to keep debating those of you invoking Mearsheimer regarding normative claims. But please don't yell "realism explains how the REAL world works," without looking closely at who explained/ predicted European security more accurately over the last 30 years. 13/ END. — PolitiTweet.org

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Is the Russia-Ukraine conflict today just about BOP politics? No. Is this conflict one between a democratic West (including Ukraine) and an autocratic Russia? Yes. 12/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Did war break out in Europe because of multipolarity? No. Did peace endure because most of Europe is ruled by democratic regimes? Yes. 11/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Read both pieces, and judge for yourself whose argument, theory, analytical framework, etc. got more right & more wrong, 30 years later. (We got some things wrong, btw, but not about Europe.) 10/ — PolitiTweet.org