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A Soviet Reunion: Michael McFaul On What Putin Wants

GoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover Institution

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The Russians and the People Around Them Have to Concludeh T, They've Been Defeated

There's a risk here that you're underestimating the fachist regime. Facious regimes tend not to feature broadcasts by the leader which begin with an apology and end with a resignation. If puten's losing in the way that you describe as a result of our potentially escalating, or at least threatening to escalate, i don't think he goes quietly into the night. I worry about the scenario you are describing. It sounds great. Puten defeated. The administration seems to think there's a regime change in russia. We all live happily ever after. But what do facious dictators do when a defeat stares them in the face? And that also means, of course, they are

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