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Russia’s real crisis begins when the Ukraine war ends

Reuben F. Johnson examines what Russia will look like when—and if—the war in Ukraine ever ends. -Drawing on Stephen Kotkin’s ...
The Hoover Institution’s Stephen Kotkin is probably America’s top Kremlinologist. He knows Russia -- its history, culture, and politics -- as well or better than any contemporary scholar in the United ...
Stephen Kotkin, the pre-eminent historian of Russia, on Moscow’s long record of overreach, Biden’s Ukraine failure, and prospects that Kyiv can ‘win the peace.’ ...