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stephenpaduano

Few states have done more to capture global attention in recent years than the Russian Federation. The invasion and annexation of eastern Ukraine, the devastating intervention in Syria, the election …

If 2016 was the populist party, 2017 was the hangover. There was much too much noise with the executive orders, press conferences, and tweets. The “fake news” and “alternative facts” …

It is often said that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. Perhaps our forgetting of history is what has returned us to Russian posturing reminiscent of …