Michael McFaul

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When diplomats continue to escalate their ultimatums rather than look for solutions requiring compromise on both sides, that usually means they aren't serious about negotiations. — PolitiTweet.org

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We agree. My list is one in which a genuine grand bargain negotiation could create enough trade space to produce win-win outcomes. Notice I did not include zero-sum impossible issues (NATO freeze , Russia withdrawal from Crimea). — PolitiTweet.org

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Not good. Meetings that only go for 90 minutes as planned when both sides got on airplanes to be there is usually not a good sign. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AndriyYagensky photo is from March 1991 — PolitiTweet.org

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Экс-посол США Макфол считает, что Путину угрожает не расширение НАТО, а сама Украина: https://t.co/B6h6v4iKzI — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @olex_scherba: I remember Europe’s streets overflowing with anti-war demos when America was getting ready to oust the bloody dictator Sa… — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin already annexed a part of Ukraine. — PolitiTweet.org

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@0v3rp0w3r I think the US invasion of Iraq was a mistake. No free passes. — PolitiTweet.org

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How about letting the people of Hong Kong live under a system of rule of law like they did peacefully and prosperously for many decades? (2 can play this game.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin claims that Ukrainians are one nation with Russians, but is also threatening to kill Ukrainians for no reason. Completely irrational. I hope Russians understand just how illogical this position is. I hope Russians understand how THEY (not Putin) will lose from war. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @StateDept: FACT: It was Russia that invaded Ukraine in 2014, occupies Crimea, controls armed forces in the Donbas region of Ukraine, an… — PolitiTweet.org

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@RobinSMessing @27khv @ReadeAlexandra @Alexey_Pushkov Invading sure seems like they're afraid to me. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: ICYF, the Russian television channel, ORT, was controlled by Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky in the 1990s and was instrumenta… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JustitiaMatrona: @McFaul @Alexey_Pushkov I appreciate your little bits and pieces of history, Ambassador! (file under, just wanted you… — PolitiTweet.org

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As a student, I protested against imperialism and supported decolonization. So I'm really confused why some so-called 'progressives' defend Russian imperialism and don't support Ukrainian sovereignty today. So odd. Moscow colonized Ukraine in the past. Don't let it happen again! — PolitiTweet.org

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@NativeSonEagle BS. Im not asking anyone to die for MY cause. I'm asking the world to stop Putin from killing innocent people for no reason at all. Putin is doing the killing, not me. Readjust your moral compass, please. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lionelbarber: Plus One: Putin is not negotiating in good faith. He is invoking grievances, real and imagined, as a pretext for seizing… — PolitiTweet.org

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But you cannot argue that the US was wrong to invade Iraq, but Russia is justified in invading Ukraine. Illogical as a theory of international politics or as a normative position. 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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To be consistent theoretically & normatively, you can argue that US was wrong to invade Iraq & Russia is wrong to invade Ukraine. You can also argue that US invaded Iraq because it had the power to do so & now same with Russia going into Ukraine for same reason (realpolitik). 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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@Irina_Palna We were attacked on 9-11-2001? Maybe you forget. 2003 is different. I agree; that was US fabricating threats. Led to disastrous results. But 2 wrongs dont make a right. — PolitiTweet.org

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To date, however, I just see little evidence that Putin has any interest in a genuine negotiation. Maximalist ultimatums are usually pretexts for war, not negotiations. 2/ END — PolitiTweet.org

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If Putin wanted to engage US/Europe in a serious negotiation on European security, we could do a lot together. Lots of old agreements in need of updating (CFE, Open Skies, INF, Vienna Docs) & many new issues (immigration, cyber, missile defenses) in need of attention. 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Ukraine has done nothing -- absolutely nothing -- to threaten Russia. But Putin is threatening to invade Ukraine. Feels like Saddam invading Kuwait or Hitler invading Poland. Wrong historical analogies? Which ones are better? — PolitiTweet.org

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This feels ominous. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuliaDavisNews: @McFaul Or Tucker Carlson. https://t.co/0baPqhIC9d — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: This from @SecBlinken is right on the mark: "This is not only about a possible invasion and war. It’s about whether Ukraine has… — PolitiTweet.org

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You obviously don't watch much Hannity or Ingraham! — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's the syllabus. Comments and suggestions are most welcome! 2/ END https://t.co/OKHoVPRMDV — PolitiTweet.org

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In my course with @HamzawyAmr on democratization (or lack thereof), we discussed "structural theories" last week; "agency theories" tomorrow. Best research weaves the two sets of theories together. Why is that so hard in the IR debate (or at least the one I see on Twitter)? 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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This! When the US does stupid things, it’s because of the agency of “neocons”, “liberals”, “blob” not following realism. But “ Russia”is a rational unitary actor behaving according to innate structural factors in which people, ideas, and domestic politics never matter. — PolitiTweet.org