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Wartime Putinism

What the Disaster in Ukraine Has Done to the Kremlin—and to Russia – By Michael Kimmage and Maria Lipman | January 13, 2023 Winning a long war requires a mobilization of troops and supplies that can...

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The Autocrat in Your iPhone

How Mercenary Spyware Threatens Democracy – By Ronald J. Deibert  In the summer of 2020, a Rwandan plot to capture exiled opposition leader Paul Rusesabagina drew international headlines. Rusesabagina is best known as the...

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On Redesigning the Naira Notes – by Frank Ofili

On Wednesday October 26, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced that the apex bank has redesigned some Naira notes, and that their circulation, nationwide, would commence on December 15, 2022....

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All the Tsar’s Men – by Lawrence Freedman

Why Mobilization Can’t Save Putin’s War In his September 21 speech about the steps he was taking to win his war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin had to explain why he had not...

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The Hypnotist in the Kremlin

How Putin Has Used Fear and Disinformation to Neutralize the Russian Public – By Andrei Kolesnikov Situated on the Baltic Coast, the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad is closer to Europe than any other part...