Michael McFaul

Michael McFaul @McFaul

Happy to join! — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

And now today, Putin has deployed 130,000 heavily-armed soldiers to invade Ukraine. Isn't that a threat to European security too? Before this crisis, what had Ukraine, Biden, or Brussels done to threaten Russia? Nothing. (The false equivalency in policy debate needs to end.) 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Compared to this list, please explain to me how NATO expansion -- the last major wave which took place 20 years ago-- "threatens" Russian/European security? (& yes, I take note that NATO did attack a Serbian dictator conducting ethnic cleansing.) 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Cyberattacks against Estonia 2007, interventions in Georgia 2008 & Ukraine in 2014, recognition of Abkhazia & S. Ossetia as countries, annexation of Crimea, war in Donbas, hit squads in London, Salisbury, Berlin & Tomsk killed Europeans & undermined European security.1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mdornic: I had the privilege of screening an early edit of this film & I cannot endorse it enough. One of the best docs I’ve ever seen.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DanielRoher: This is the distinguished honour of my career. Thank you @CNNFilms @hbomax @christogrozev @pevchikh @sundancefest @navalny… — PolitiTweet.org

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Awesome! — PolitiTweet.org

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Fair point. — PolitiTweet.org

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@maxbergmann @shadihamid agreed. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: Lavrov said he read "grains of rationality" in the US counterproposal to Putin's ultimatum/draft treaty. For the Russian Foreig… — PolitiTweet.org

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Lavrov said he read "grains of rationality" in the US counterproposal to Putin's ultimatum/draft treaty. For the Russian Foreign Minister (with whom I interacted for 5 years back in the day), that's as complementary as he gets! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: So then pull your soldiers back, Mr. Minister! Easy day. — PolitiTweet.org

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"U.S. leaders cannot command other societies to stop wanting democracy. Putin will always fear mass protests and feel threatened by democracies, especially successful ones on his border with a shared history and culture such as Ukraine." https://t.co/vrGCbZMQyS — PolitiTweet.org

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@chenweihua Yes, the USG/IC got that threat assessment wrong. They should have taken more time to get it right. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @shadihamid: Agreed. We're the ones who lost the debate. The idea that values/democracy promotion people dominate Washington is one of t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FSIStanford: The West may be at an ideological impasse with Putin, but the Cold War shows that successful negotiations like the 1975 He… — PolitiTweet.org

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I've lived in USSR/Russia for several years. The ground always seemed pretty frozen to me in January! (And, yes, this nonsensical focus on the frozen ground needs to stop.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Its the job of the US intelligence officer to assign probabilities about Russian invasion of Ukraine. Its the job of the US policymaker to try to reduce those probabilities, no matter what they are. If the IC says its 50%, the WH/State want to move it to 45%. If 20%, get to 10% — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: "The Cold War reminds us that we succeeded before to simultaneously deter Moscow and negotiate treaties with Soviet leaders who… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: My explanation on why "Vladimir Putin does not think like we do." https://t.co/vrGCbZMQyS — PolitiTweet.org

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@Bentzion939 I take it your comment is addressed to the author, not me? His name is Professor Owen, not “dude.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @izzy6968: It really is that simple. — PolitiTweet.org

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@yaffaesque No, I don’t. (But I don’t know what “DC media” view is) they are talking all the time. The truth is NO ONE has an accurate assessment about likelihood of invasion. — PolitiTweet.org

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Perspective | The long-ago invasion that offers clues as to Vladimir Putin’s thinking on Ukraine https://t.co/Qm2HzT5rif — PolitiTweet.org

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@yaffaesque He has no interest in fueling panic -- bank runs, hoarding, people leaving the country, etc. Seems pretty straightforward to me. But if Russia does attack and he didn't do enough to prepare, he'll be in trouble domestically. So tough spot. — PolitiTweet.org

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So then pull your soldiers back, Mr. Minister! Easy day. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

Ordering @RepRoKhanna new book, Dignity in a Digital Age. You should too! Such an important topic for our times. https://t.co/eXe5i9rnyl — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kharisborloff: I weigh in on those Ukraine-Taiwan comparisons popping up everywhere these days. Bottom line: US prioritization, not r… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KaiserKuo: A breath of fresh air! Sober, sane, deeply informed. Kudos @kharisborloff — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @markmackinnon: Zelensky in a blunt mood: "Tell us openly we will never get into NATO." — PolitiTweet.org