Video of Marshall University Online Talk on "Putin's Western Supporters"
In the presentation I explain why Putin's regime appeals to these people, and how they compare with Western sympathizers with the USSR during the Cold War.
In the presentation I explain why Putin's regime appeals to these people, and how they compare with Western sympathizers with the USSR during the Cold War.
A compilation of my work on this topic, on the two-year anniversary of the start of Vladimir Putin's full-blown attempt to conquer Ukraine. Almost all of it remains relevant.
Michael Moynihan, journalist and co-host of The Fifth Column, discusses Tucker Carlson's recent trip to Moscow on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
Where are the fact-checkers and misinformation cops?
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Carlson praises Russia's supposed abundance and high living standards. Hundreds of thousands of Russians fleeing Putin's regime think otherwise.
And, sadly, of how relatively powerless the United States is to fix the mess that Russian President Vladimir Putin has made.
Russia's most prominent opposition leader died in prison today, quite possibly murdered at Vladimir Putin's order.
Curt Mills, executive director of The American Conservative, talks U.S. foreign policy on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
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Everybody has the right to speak and then take the heat.
His understanding of effective leadership and policing should repel anyone who cares about civil liberties and the rule of law.
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The $300 billion in frozen Russian state assets in Western nations could fund a large part of Ukraine's defense.
The justifications for backing Israel's struggle also apply in spades to Ukraine's.
Washington is doing a poor job of monitoring whether the weapons it sends to Ukraine are ending up in the right hands.
The chance of open U.S.-Russia conflict really would increase if Ukraine were admitted to NATO.
Topics covered include affirmative action, legacy preferences, the student loan forgiveness decision, refugee policy, indictments against Trump, Vladimir Putin, political ignorance, and more.
NATO could increase its "ready" troops from 40,000 to 300,000. That isn't certain to make us safer.
Feudal-style squabbling with the control of nuclear weapons at stake.
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There’s no neat and clean way to fight a war, even for victims of aggression.
The Pentagon’s “accounting error” will allow President Joe Biden to send an extra $3 billion in military aid to Ukraine without congressional approval. Was this deliberate?
He's not wrong about that.
The journalist and dissident, who was sentenced to 25 years in a penal colony for criticizing the Russian government, has not received the same attention.
That doesn't mean Russia is right. It means we're being honest about how much the U.S. is involved.
While escalation is not inevitable, it’s still a risk having any U.S. boots on the ground.
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The charge is the crime of illegal kidnapping and deportation of Ukrainian children.
A compilation of my work on this topic, on the one-year anniversary of the start of Vladimir Putin's attempt to conquer Ukraine.
The war is often described as a conflict between authoritarianism and liberal democracy. That reality has some underappreciated implications.
After one year, whatever morale boost Biden’s visit provided won’t necessarily have concrete, strategic effects in Ukraine.
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Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Ilya Yashin explains why the West should avoid ascribing collective guilt to Russians. He's right on both moral and pragmatic grounds.
Alarmists are unfazed by the lack of evidence that "foreign influence campaigns" have affected public opinion or voting behavior.
Western nations should adopt a general policy of granting refuge to Russians seeking to avoid conscription, and otherwise fleeing Vladimir Putin's increasingly repressive regime.
The tendency of those in power to topple or embarrass themselves by overreaching should provide a lesson to policy makers.
Such mistreatment is both unjust in itself and harmful to US economic and foreign policy interests.
The journalist has taken a great deal of flack—from both sides.
Until next year's, because capitalism is always making things better.
Accountability, diplomacy, and planning are essential for preventing a forever proxy war.