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What Putin Got Wrong About Ukraine, Russia, and the West

The Foreign Affairs Interview

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Why Is Russia Continually an Autocracy?

Russia is a providential power with a special mission in the world. Its capabilities don't match its ambitions, and so it hasn't been up in the first rank. The state building quest for the strong state devolves into personalist rule. Russia could choose to focus on internal development instead of trying to overtake the west.

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