Michael McFaul

Michael McFaul @McFaul

RT @YGorodnichenko: The Russian full-scale invasion of #Ukraine is a dark hour for humanity, but we have to think about how UKR will rebui… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AlexKokcharov: In particular, Catherine II was instrumental in destruction of Zaporizhzhia Cossacks autonomy in 1775 and driving them o… — PolitiTweet.org

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@JohnDelury @chadocl Scary — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brik_t: This time air attacks in Kyiv were intensive. Lots of noises, rockets are whistling, air defences blow them up, car alarms scr… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AndriyYermak: Back in November, @sanctionsgroup published proposals on that issue. Need to deny Rosatom NPPs construction abroad. The W… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Reuters: Rouble sinks to 8-month low vs dollar as sanctions fears weigh https://t.co/qIwc9Jya5w https://t.co/RCshFjIjUL — PolitiTweet.org

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Year of progress? Wanna bet? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Gerashchenko_en: Rocket attack on Kharkiv. Several explosions in Kyiv. Explosions heard in Odesa and Lviv. Several regions without e… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EuromaidanPR: russia is launching a massive missile attack on #Ukraine while at the same time calling the Patriot air defense system an… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ikhurshudyan: We did this deep dive on the Ukrainian offensives in Kharkiv and Kherson that turned the tide of the war in favor of the… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GoncharenkoUa: Now there is a massive missile attack on Ukraine from Tu-95 planes and ships. Russia decided to make gifts for the New… — PolitiTweet.org

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If the UK invaded and annexed part of Nigeria 30 years after Nigerian independence, or France did the same to Algeria, or Portugal to Angola, we’d call that imperialism or neoimperialism. And we’d be rightly outraged. So why are so many silent about neoimperialism in Ukraine? — PolitiTweet.org

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@SpiritofHo When a former colony is recolonized by a former empire, what do call that? I’d call it neoimperialism. What’s a better term? — PolitiTweet.org

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@SpiritofHo Why do you think that disarming Ukraine would lead to less war? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: I'm on Substack now. Join me! I explain why here: https://t.co/6ItHLREkF0 — PolitiTweet.org

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@dcolbert @Twitter Oh vey. Thats not what you wrote dude. Ok moving on. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

I made a mistake tonight. I "fed the trolls" as my followers here would say. I apologize. Deleting the posts now. Look forward to more substantive exchanges with interested people, and not trolls, on Substack in the new year. And I will be more disciplined in 2023! #HNY2023! — PolitiTweet.org

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@dcolbert @Twitter Do you know what CTR is? Have you looked at its success? — PolitiTweet.org

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@dcolbert @Twitter You made a claim. I refuted it. You refuse to engage on the substance of your claim. Yes, I guess you were just trolling me. I made a mistake in responding. I take this issues of war seriously. I guess its just a game for you. Moving in, — PolitiTweet.org

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Its an appeal to facts, data, and expertise, not authority. There is no expert in the world who I know who thinks that nuclear weapons in Russia are less secure today than in 1989. Please name one. Post the link. Opinions are fine but #FactsMatter too. — PolitiTweet.org

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But on @Twitter everyone is an "expert" on Russia. This guy, blue checked so I have to see his opinion (at least once), just called me "naive" about Russia: https://t.co/jd02WAHXaV. "Naive" is not a hypothesis or an argument. Just an insult. Bring a stronger take @dcolbert. — PolitiTweet.org

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Would you ask a poli sci professor to fix your car? Would you ask a VC guy to perform heart surgery on your mom? Would you ask a 3rd grader to manage your investments? No. No. No. THREAD 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm all for more of the scientific method on @Twitter! Hypothesis testing, data, counterfactuals, transparency about methods. Can't wait! — PolitiTweet.org

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@dcolbert Please don't call me naive. I've negotiated with Russian officials about nuclear weapons, SNV3. Have you? Do you even know that acronym? I worked on CTR in the 1990s. Did you? (Do you know what CTR is? My boss at the time invented it.) The risk today is not the same as 1989. — PolitiTweet.org

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"What happens in Europe today influences what happens in Asia tomorrow." https://t.co/gkeAbV74YF — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @VladDavidzon: Zelensky just appealed to Georgians to let Saakashvili (who seems to be dying) go- "What happening now is cruelty. This m… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AmbDanFried: The ⁦Russo-Ukraine War is a war of Russia’s aggression. ⁦⁦⁦@nytimes⁩ shouldn’t portray Russia’s demand for Ukrainian land… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JAMnewsCaucasus: 🇬🇪People around the world will hold a rally in support of Mikhail #Saakashvili on January 4 between 12:00 and 14:00 lo… — PolitiTweet.org

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Predicting the future is hard for academia as well as the CIA. We have to assign probabilities to very contingent outcomes. I see a lot of speculation now about these outcomes below that seem to me to be (1) low probability events & (2) serve Putins interests to amplify. — PolitiTweet.org

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Fair point. I’ll think about it. — PolitiTweet.org