Michael McFaul

Michael McFaul @McFaul

"Russia is part of the European culture. And I cannot imagine my own country in isolation from Europe and what we often call the civilized world." Who said this? Sakharov? Yeltsin? no, Putin. — PolitiTweet.org

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The only threat Ukraine poses to Putin is practicing democracy. That threat will not go away with a NATO guarantee of non-expansion. So Putin will continue to undermine Ukrainian democracy & sovereignty, no matter what NATO does. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ukraine poses no threat to Russian national security. Zero. Putin of course knows that. So ridiculous statements like this one tragically suggest that Putin’s not serious about substantive negotiations about European security… at least, not yet. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @chenchenzh: h/t @tingguowrites Yan Xuetong reflects on "how to teach IR to the post-00s" (generation z): "they tend to have a strong se… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @reidhoffman: American business wins through innovation, not fascism. We must stand up to the attacks on our free and fair elections. T… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @plushev: Бывший посол США в России, а ныне профессор Стэнфордского университета Майкл Макфол нашел полчаса в своем плотном графике, что… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: Дипломат Майкл Макфол: Россия-США, Переговоры в Же... https://t.co/H0wTnySatt via @YouTube — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: Agree with Lukyanov— a view I also have expressed many times on tv and this platform over the last several days. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @peterbakernyt: This was in an interview with @ATHigginsNYT and @khouse200. Putin said then that NATO expansion was “counterproductive”… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @peterbakernyt: This is what Putin said 20 years ago when NATO expanded into ex-Soviet territory by including the Baltic states: "Every… — PolitiTweet.org

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@tashecon Agreed — PolitiTweet.org

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"[Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman] brought a larger set of substantive ideas to Geneva, all of which had been coordinated with allies and partners and did not just react to Putin’s wish list. That was smart.” https://t.co/9IHLrEbm9T — PolitiTweet.org

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“I am not a fan of rewarding Putin with talks because he threatens to invade Ukraine. But sometimes you have no better option than to talk to hostage-takers.” https://t.co/9IHLrEbm9T — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

Watching this week Biden admin officials negotiate with Russian officials, whom I used to know well -- Ryabkov, Gatilov, Grushko -- my first reaction was I miss diplomacy. But as I think of the cards the Biden team has in their hands, my second thought was -- don't envy them. — PolitiTweet.org

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Спасибо! cc: @plushev: — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

I find it interesting that some IR "realists" see the impact of domestic actors on U.S. foreign policy -- be it the "neocons," the "blob," the "Israeli lobby" or "Trump" -- but quickly dismiss similar factors when describing "rational," "unitary actor" Russia. Not logical. — PolitiTweet.org

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@susieatl77 agreed. — PolitiTweet.org

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ICYMI, be sure to listen to @KofmanMichael terrific talk at @StanfordCISAC today hosted by @steven_pifer. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ill read the full essay later, but I agree 100% with this lead sentence: "The West has failed to grasp the deeply ideological nature of contemporary Putinism." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CNASdc: “Better to have talks than war,” @McFaul tells @AKendallTaylor and @jteurope on a special edition of Brussels Sprouts. Listen:… — PolitiTweet.org

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Tune in tomorrow! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ak_mack: Excited to be joined by @McFaul for our FP Live event tomorrow at 12pm est on Russia's threats to Ukraine and this week's flur… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: I don't know what Putin plans to do in Ukraine. You don't know either. & CIA Direct Burns doesn't know. & Ryabkov doesn't know.… — PolitiTweet.org

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On this, we radically disagree. And so does Mearsheimer. And so does Walt. They make clear statements about the "mistakes" of US foreign policymakers because they didn't follow realism. That's not observation. That's prescription. — PolitiTweet.org

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In this article in @Journal_IS, I wrestle with realist vs liberal accounts of recent Russian interventions: "Putin, Putinism, and the Domestic Determinants of Russian Foreign Policy." https://t.co/XVOOuZtQ1s — PolitiTweet.org

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On realist vs liberal accounts of Putin's initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014, see our debate between Mearsheimer @SSestanovich & me: in "Faulty Powers" https://t.co/raswWVxin5 via @ForeignAffairs — PolitiTweet.org

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Like liberalism, "realism" in international politics is both a theory and an ideology. When you argue that you are ok with powerful states constraining the sovereignty of less powerful states, that is a normative stance, not just an "empirical observation." — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

Дипломат Майкл Макфол: Россия-США, Переговоры в Же... https://t.co/H0wTnySatt via @YouTube — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

RT @JaneHWBB: Jennifer Rubin | U.S. diplomacy is in full swing. But Ukraine is not out of the woods yet. - The Washington Post https://t.co… — PolitiTweet.org

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