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<title><![CDATA[Michael McFaul - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/28867.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Michael McFaul]]></description><category domain="28867">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump Needs a New Ukraine Strategy]]></title>
							<link>https://time.com/7338952/trump-ukraine-putin-russia-strategy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here are four things the U.S. could do to help bring an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, writes Michael McFaul.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Long-Term Negative Consequences of Unilateralism]]></title>
							<link>https://michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/the-long-term-negative-consequences?r=17z4l&amp;triedRedirect=true</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's order to bomb Iran demonstrated the power of the American military, but at what cost to other U.S. national interests?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Tragic Success of Global Putinism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/international-relations/the-tragic-success-of-global-putinism/ar-AA1ABEyQ</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For three years,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' I was President Barack Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Russia adviser on the National Security Council and, for two, the U.S. ambassador to Russia. In that time, no assumption drove me crazier than this one about Russian President Vladimir Putin: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a transactional...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why America Really Doesn't Have a Choice in Ukraine]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/russia-invade-ukraine-2022-america-biden-must-not-forget-rcna72103</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The good news is that Ukraine won the first year of this war. The bad news is that the war continues.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Give Ukraine Everything They Want to End the War Now]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/how-get-breakthrough-ukraine</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nearly a year after he invaded Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has failed to achieve any of his major objectives. He has not unified the alleged single Slavic nation, he has not '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'denazified'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' or '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'demilitarized'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Ukraine, and he has not stopped NATO expansion....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Biden Should Deal With Putin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2021-06-14/how-biden-should-deal-putin</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden must follow up his limited efforts at engagement with Russia with a firm and vigilant containment policy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'regardless of what happens in Geneva.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Contain Putin's Russia]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukraine/2021-01-19/how-contain-putins-russia</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A strategy for countering a rising revisionist power.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Policies Leave Biden w/China, Russia Problems]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-america-first-policies-leave-biden-major-china-russia-ncna1251044</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After weakening democracy at home and disengaging from leadership abroad, Trump's America is now in much worse shape to compete globally than it was in 2017.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate Russia Report Proves Trump Collusion Was Real]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/senate-russia-report-proves-trump-was-wrong-mueller-was-right-ncna1237743</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump and Biden's contrasting positions on Russian interference in American elections are clear. Whether voters care about these differences, however, is not as obvious.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China's Xi Jinping Is Not Stalin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-08-10/xi-jinping-not-stalin</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump officials' false historical analogies are undermining their efforts to effectively contain China.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I Saw the Unraveling of the U.S.-Russia Reset Firsthand]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/05/19/michael-mcfaul-book-excerpt-218408</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In my first year in Moscow, I witnessed the unraveling of the U.S.-Russia Reset firsthand.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin Needed an American Enemy. He Picked Me]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/05/11/feature/putin-needed-an-american-enemy-he-picked-me/?utm_term=.9eef6cdae2f8</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From the beginning of the Obama administration, we knew we wanted to reboot our relationship with Moscow.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Can Reassure Our Frightened Allies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/our-allies-are-afraid-heres-how-trump-can-reassure-them/2016/11/17/6656a378-acdd-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_story.html?utm_term=.f03a01423684</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Around the world, our allies are worried.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Looking Back at Obama's Foreign Policy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/changing_lanes/2016/08/23/looking_back_at_obamas_foreign_policy.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael McFaul - Part 4]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[TPP Isn't Just About Trade]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/changing_lanes/2016/08/19/tpp_isnt_just_about_trade.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael McFaul - Part 3]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did Russia Actually Hack the DNC?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/changing_lanes/2016/08/18/did_russia_actually_hack_the_dnc.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael McFaul - Part 2]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Putin Wants a Trump Victory]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/why-putin-wants-a-trump-victory-so-much-he-might-even-be-trying-to-help-him/2016/08/17/897ab21c-6495-11e6-be4e-23fc4d4d12b4_story.html?utm_term=.d8afa3f93978</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to see Donald Trump become the next president of the United States. To that end, Putin and his government have taken unprecedented steps to influence our electoral process to help the Republican Party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nominee. Whether Russia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Does Trump Like Vladimir Putin?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/changing_lanes/2016/08/16/why_does_donald_trump_like_vladimir_putin.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael McFaul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why Does Donald Trump Like Vladimir Putin?]]></description>
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