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author of GULAG and IRON CURTAIN, among others. Washington Post columnist. CEPA fellow. Citizen of the World.

Warsaw, London, Washington
Joined May 2011

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    Is America still the leader of the free world?

  2. Former IRS official: 's Fdn could be conduit for foreign donors seeking influence. Gifts not revealed until 11+ months late

  3. Egypt has no evidence against Aya Hijazi: she was arrested for being an American operating an NGO, which the Sisi regime considers a threat

  4. Also today, Trump says he won't pursue case against Clinton Foundation on charges it was conduit for foreign donors seeking influence

  5. US citizen Aya Hijazi is on trial today in Cairo, after being held for 2 1/2 years in prison. Her "crime:" founding an NGO for street kids

  6. Looks like Paul Manafort wasn't banished from Trumpworld after all

  7. 3 The precedents for the cynical mix of personal/national interest are elsewhere - most notably, and spectacularly, in Russia

  8. 2 ...we have never had a president who used the White House to enrich himself, who shaped US foreign policy to suit his private interests

  9. 1. To be clear: We have had presidents who profited from their connections and status after leaving office. But in modern history...

  10. Last summer, I wrote that Trump would cynically mix business and politics, like a Russian oligarch

  11. U.S. should get ready for a Yanukovych-style "family" kleptocracy.

  12. Last summer, I wrote that Trump would cynically mix business and politics, like a Russian oligarch

  13. Window on Eurasia -- New Series: Moscow Makes Defense of Russian Its Latest Hybrid Weapon against Its Neighbors

  14. Donald Trump’s Business Dealings Test a Constitutional Limit

  15. Donald Trump’s Business Dealings Test a Constitutional Limit

  16. Important to report on fringe conspiratorial groups, you never know when they will take power

  17. Interesting thread here on the Trump Tower Buenos Aires business. More to it than just a thin report and a denial

  18. There was an enormous amount of it. Every day.

  19. we in Pakistan have had that issue for a longtime. May be we can guide the Americans?

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