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

Warsaw, London, Washington
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Joined May 2011
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Nov 9

    Is America still the leader of the free world?

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  2. 10h

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

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  3. 10h

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

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  4. 10h

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

    Former IRS official: 's Fdn could be conduit for foreign donors seeking influence. Gifts not revealed until 11+ months late
    530 retweets 596 likes
  5. 10h

    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

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  6. 11h

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

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  7. 12h

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

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  8. 12h

    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

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  9. 12h

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

    52 retweets 81 likes
  10. 12h

    or Russia

    Trump has not a press conference since July. He releases a video to avoid questions. I recognize this approach from living in China/Egypt.
    78 retweets 128 likes
  11. 20h

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

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  12. 20h

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

    Last summer, I wrote that Trump would cynically mix business and politics, like a Russian oligarch
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  13. 20h

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

    438 retweets 426 likes
  14. 20h

    So Putin

    The entire playbook is to wear down the media, firehose the public, exhaust critics, and normalize everything. It's working, so far.
    122 retweets 123 likes
  15. Nov 21

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

    37 retweets 29 likes
  16. 20h

    Donald Trump’s Business Dealings Test a Constitutional Limit

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  17. 20h

    Donald Trump’s Business Dealings Test a Constitutional Limit

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  18. 20h

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

    Some German conspiracy theorists believe that modern Germany is really a company based in Frankfurt
    16 retweets 34 likes
  19. 21h

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

    "'The perception I have is that Argentina will always do well if it is close to the United States, more than if it is far away.'" /end
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  20. 20h

    There was an enormous amount of it. Every day.

    where was this kind of reporting for the last six months
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  21. Nov 21

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

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