Prof. of International Relations & @FPRI Senior Fellow. Specialist on Russian/post-Soviet politics and tweed. Proudly banned from Russia. Personal views.
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“Why Putin Invaded Ukraine” - In this piece, @McFaul and I argue that a permissive balance of power, Putin’s personalist autocracy, and his anti-democratic & anti-Ukrainian ideology led him to launch his disastrous war - not NATO enlargement. Read it for free here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/oa_edited…
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In a piece for The Journal of Democracy, Senior Fellow Robert Person affirms his confidence in the liberal democratic system and emphasizes how democracies must leverage strategic tools to prevent the world from being reshaped in an autocratic image. buff.ly/S6698dK
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Robert Person writes, "The democratic pillar of defensive liberalism is the most imperiled. As citizens lose faith in democratic institutions, they fall prey to the appeal of populist strongmen. The Axis of Upheaval understands this and uses the openness of our democratic systems against us." buff.ly/S6698dK
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"We, the liberal democracies of the world, must be clear‑eyed in acknowledging that the project of building a universal 'rules‑based liberal international order,' which began in earnest after the collapse of communism, has failed to achieve its most ambitious aims."
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A New American Grand Strategy for the 21st Century… my latest for @JoDemocracy:
With global democracy threatened by China, Russia, and their fellow autocrats, how can America help secure a democratic future? The world’s liberal democracies must pursue a strategy of “defensive liberalism” to defend the freedoms we value most. @RTPerson3
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“Now is the time to circle the wagons and defend — collectively, with friends, allies, and partners — the freedoms that we have all fought for throughout our diverse histories.” @JoDemocracy journalofdemocracy.org/onlin…
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With global democracy threatened by China, Russia, and their fellow autocrats, how can America help secure a democratic future? The world’s liberal democracies must pursue a strategy of “defensive liberalism” to defend the freedoms we value most. @RTPerson3
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I strongly applaud this effort by @AustinScottGA08! Personal opinion, I would love to see Ukrainian cadets studying at @WestPoint_USMA! 🇺🇸🇺🇦
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What Putin Fears Most
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Honored to receive the @WestPoint_USMA career award for scholarship excellence, in recognition of how my work on the post-Soviet region has informed academic and policy debates, public discourse, and critical American national security decisions
I’m proud to dedicate this award to the Ukrainian people, whose tenacity, resilience, ingenuity, and love of freedom mirror West Point’s values of Duty, Honor, Country and our ethos of innovation. An inspiration for all of us! 🇺🇸🇺🇦
As NATO’s future is called into question once again, here’s the @JoDemocracy piece I wrote with @McFaul on the 75th anniversary arguing that NATO has always been more than just a military alliance. journalofdemocracy.org/onlin…
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"Why have Putin and his lieutenants created large political clans?...the main reason may be that they see this as a genuine method of governing a country whose democratic institutions (above all elections and free media) they long ago put out of operation." —Roman Badanin
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As the Iran conflict remains prominent in headlines, Robert Person's analysis reminds us of the spillover effects it's had thus far on the ongoing war in Ukraine. buff.ly/PWQlfs1
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Robert Person describes the state of Ukrainian and Russian negotiations during a shift in focus toward the Middle East and lessons from Ukraine's experiences for Washington and Beijing. buff.ly/2Kd4BlB
One of the commenters on my @Telegraph interview insisted that the high Patriot interceptor burn rate in the ME would not reduce the supply available to Ukraine because Arab nations' stockpiles had been accumulated over 20 years. Here's my response: 1/
Always a pleasure to join @FrancisDearnley and @DomNicholls on @Telegraph's U:TL podcast. Today we discussed the (stalled) negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, as well as how the war in Iran is shaping Moscow's calculations about its own prospects. youtu.be/fnkmpbma6dc?si=N6Pb…
Now, imagine that the only baker in operation can only bake 50 loaves a month, and that if you put in your bread order today it will be ready for you to pick up in the year 2030. Because of all the other people who ordered bread when they ran out during the snowstorm. 4/
