Andrew S. Weiss
Vice President for Studies & James Family Chair @CarnegieEndow. New graphic novel! ACCIDENTAL CZAR: THE LIFE AND LIES OF VLADIMIR PUTIN https://t.co/zf76DeFm5h
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Ugh. Western governments may be over-stating the impact of the oil price cap on Putin's war chest, according to calculations from my new colleague @SergeyVakulenk0 cited in @nyti...
1/ So many good insights into Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group in this piece by @Bershidsky. His analysis is, thankfully, free of the endless hype and self-promotion that ana...
1/x So many memorable passages in this remarkably candid interview with General Valery Zaluzhny, head of Ukraineβs armed forces. Take time to read the whole thing. Here's couple o...
𧡠Can a graphic novel shed light on Putinβs motivations in Ukraine, how he might escalate the πΊπ¦ war & perhaps even use nuclear weapons? So grateful to @nickschifrin of @NewsHour...
1/x New Kremlin talking points about πΊπ¦ set up a head-on collision with the general public. Take heed of this major rhetorical shift from Putin's senior political advisor, Sergei...
1/x Why does Prigozhin keep doing things that don't make strategic sense like pouring Wagner's fighters into a 4-month-long attack on Bakhmut where the "front line has barely moved...
1/x Very grateful to @jdickerson for our conversation about my graphic novel about Putin, what Putin's KGB years tell us about his state of mind & why Biden's comments about Putin'...
1/x Couple of interesting nuggets from Putin's photo op with UAE leader MBZ that align with findings of my recent article on the Russian lovefest with Saudi Arabia and Gulf Arab st...
1/x Russia and Saudi Arabia teamed up today to prop up oil prices, which have slid by roughly 25% since early June. I dug into the key drivers in their relationship and some of t...
Really interesting session ...lots of insights on Putin's (mis)calculations in πΊπ¦, WH reaction on nucs & blowback inside Russia to mobilization from @AlexGabuev, @AKendallTaylor &...
1/x The Kremlin is shouting from the rooftops the rationale & military implications of formally annexing 4 regions that it currently occupies. Since Feb 24 we've treated people l...
1/ Join us later today for the rollout of an important paper by @AndrKolesnikov and Denis Volkov of @levada_ru explaining why landscape of Russian public opinion on the war in Ukra...