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Summary and Key Points: Dr. Alexander Motyl, Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, evaluates the historical probability of a Russian leadership transition. -Drawing...
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Summary and Key Points: Dr. Alexander Motyl, Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, evaluates the historical probability of a Russian leadership transition. -Drawing...
Vladimir Putin may go down in history as the most effective recruiter the Ukrainian nationalist movement ever had. As we cross the four-year mark...
Summary and Key Points: Putin could try to freeze the Ukraine war by declaring victory: Russia holds Crimea, much of the Donbas, and parts...
A Rutgers political scientist argues Russia’s war aims in Ukraine amount to genocide, pointing to a strike on a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia, sustained...
Synopsis: By likening Vladimir Putin’s campaign to King Pyrrhus’s costly victories over Rome, Russia is trading men for inches. -With claimed losses approaching 1.2...
Key Points and Summary – Professor Alexander Motyl argues that modern attempts by great powers like the U.S., China, and Russia to establish 19th-century-style...
What You Need to Know: The U.S. intervention in Venezuela and the arrest of Nicolás Maduro establishes a dangerous “might makes right” precedent that...
Key Points and Summary – Vladimir Putin is recycling Soviet-era rhetoric to address Russia’s “nationality question,” blaming foreign intelligence services for inciting ethnic discord...
Key Points and Summary – The piece uses a Ukrainian cross-country skier’s refusal to speak with Russians—calling them “terrorists”—as a blunt window into why...
Synopsis – The piece argues that Vladimir Putin’s record—mass violence, repression, and open imperial intent—makes it implausible that a U.S. president could genuinely believe...