56.Austin Ramzy and Chris Buckley, “ ‘Absolutely No Mercy’: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detention of Muslims,”
57.Sean Roberts,
58.Max Seddon, “Putin’s Made-for-TV Security Debate Gives Him Answers He Wants to Hear on Ukraine,”
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60.Stephen Kotkin, “Russia’s Perpetual Geopolitics: Putin Returns to the Historical Pattern,”
61.The best study of Putin is Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy,
62.Anna Borshchevskaya,
63.Steven Lee Myers,
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67.Jeffrey Mankoff,
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69.“Minister: Russian Operation in Syria Stopped Chain of Color Revolutions in Middle East,” TASS, February 21, 2017.
70.Michael Kofman, “Raiding and International Brigandry: Russia’s Strategy for Great Power Competition,”
71.Daniel R. Coats, “Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community,” Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, January 29, 2019, 4.
72.Stuart Lau, “Why Xi Jinping Is Still Vladimir Putin’s Best Friend,”
73.Kaplan,
74.Daniel Treisman, “Crimea: Anatomy of a Decision,” in Treisman, ed.,
75.Daniel Treisman, “Putin Unbound: How Repression at Home Presaged Belligerence Abroad,”
76.Kathryn Stoner,
77.“Valdai International Discussion Club Meeting,” Kremlin website, October 27, 2022; Lilia Shevtsova, “The Authoritarian Resurgence: Forward to the Past in Russia,”
78.“Creating Common Humanitarian, Economic Zone from Lisbon to Vladivostok Is Possible—Putin,” TASS, October 27, 2022.
79.Seth Jones,
80.Ken Dilanian and Courtney Kube, “Airport Informants, Overhead Drones: How the U.S. Killed Soleimani,” NBC News, January 10, 2020.
81.Anthony Lake, “Confronting Backlash States,”
82.Karim Sadjadpour, “Iran’s Hollow Victory: The High Price of Regional Dominance,”