NEWSLINK Daily Bruin: Former ambassador speaks at Anderson as part of lecture...
A former U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation argued domestic Russian politics are the main cause of renewed tensions between the United States and the Russian Federation at a lecture at the...
View ArticleNATO will never invade Russia – McFaul
(Interfax – June 28, 2015) Former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul has said NATO is not planning to invade Russia and there is no need for the Russian leadership to deploy S-400 air defense...
View ArticleMcFaul: Russian Enmity Toward U.S. Fueled by Own Weakness
(RFE/RL – August 5, 2015) Russia, and the Kremlin in particular, has an unhealthy and misguided obsession with U.S. power and intentions, and this means badly strained relations between Washington and...
View ArticleHillary Clinton’s Role in Losing Russia
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Leonid Bershidsky – August 10, 2015) Michael McFaul, the former U.S. ambassador to Russia, and the Russia expert Kathryn Stoner say U.S. foreign policy has had a relatively...
View ArticleSeven powerful politicians from around the world that speak Russian
Russian is considered one of the most difficult languages to learn yet there are many influential politicians around the world that have taken it up. (Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – NATALIA...
View ArticleVIDEO: What the Litvinenko assassination accusation means for the Kremlin
PBS interviews former Ambassador Mike McFaul and Steven Lee Myers of The New York Times about a British investigative report into the assassination of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko,...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “‘But I love Russia, and I love Russians’; Former US Ambassador to...
First … it is true that the United States … from the very beginning, has had allies that are autocratic regimes. Our first … was France, a monarchy and a dictatorship. … Without the French, we would...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “Former U.S. diplomat criticizes Canada’s ‘weakness’ on Russia”...
… Obama’s former ambassador to Russia says Canada is showing a ‘sign of weakness’ by not pushing ahead with a promised U.S.-style Magnitsky Act that would punish Russians deemed to be human-rights...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Ambassadors Spar Over Russia, NATO, Ukraine
(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Mike Eckel – WASHINGTON – June 15, 2016) Two former U.S. ambassadors to Russia clashed over past and future assessments of relations between Washington and Moscow and which...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: Michael McFaul and Barack Obama share insights about Russia
Michael McFaul on Twitter, Sept. 9, 2016: [tweet will appear below, yet might take some extra time to load for some users] If Obama seized control of Fox, allowed only supporters in Congress, closed...
View ArticleNEWSLINK The Hill: “Former US ambassador to Russia goes after WikiLeaks in...
Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul on Monday slammed WikiLeaks in a series of tweets in which he called for people to stop referring to WikiLeaks as a “news organization.” “They are a...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK Russia Direct/Michael McFaul: “Steve Bannon, the Grey Cardinal in...
“Michael McFaul is a former ambassador to Russia and the Director of Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. This article is revised and updated version of a blogpost...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “We can’t let Trump go down Putin’s path; Russia’s experience shows...
“Michael McFaul is director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Hoover fellow at Stanford University, and a contributing columnist to The Post. He was previously special...
View ArticleVIDEO: “U.S.-Russia Relations”– Michael McFaul – C-SPAN/ The George...
(C-SPAN/The George Washington University/YouTube – March 3, 2017 – c-span.org/video/?424811-1/former-ambassador-michael-mcfaul-discusses-state-usrussia-relations – youtu.be/_KpbObGoEkY) “Former U.S....
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Unquiet American; Putin is unlikely to be brought in from the...
“… How does the #Putin era end? ‘When Putin is no longer in power,’ responds #McFaul. ‘And I think he’ll stay in power for as long as he can.’ A natural end to Putin’s presidency is ‘unlikely,’ he...
View Article@McFaul: “This is important. Russia has a serious, sophisticated...
[Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, @McFaul at twitter.com/mcfaul, tweets about #Russia and disinformation: embedded tweet should load below; tweet also is available at...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “What Trump needs to read before meeting Putin”– Washington Post/...
When I worked in the White House at the National Security Council from 2009 to 2012, I wrote briefers for President Barack Obama for his “bilats” with then-President Dmitry Medvedev and then-Prime...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH @McFaul Tweet: “Ok team Trump, you have to go on the record and...
(Twitter – July 8, 2017 – Michael McFaul @McFaul) Ok team Trump, you have to go on the record and deny this if it’s not true. Putin is making Trump look like a total pushover. Push back! Julie Pace...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Why deciding to ‘move forward’ with Putin is a big mistake”–...
“In his readout of the first meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson praised the desire of both presidents to forget about the past — and...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH @McFaul: “I constantly want to remind people that RT and Sputnik...
(Michael McFaul – @McFaul – Twitter – August 21, 2017) “I constantly want to remind people that RT and Sputnik are state-owned propaganda organizations. You should too.” [embedded live feed of tweet...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH VIDEO: “THE PUTIN FILES – Putin’s Revenge – Michael McFaul...
“Michael McFaul served for five years in the Obama administration, first as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “Michael @McFaul: I applaud @Twitter for making this decision ….”
(Michael McFaul – Twitter – @McFaul – October 27, 2017) “I applaud @Twitter for making this decision. [re: ban on RT and Sputnik advertising]” [embedded live feed of tweet should load below; or click...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “Michael McFaul Course Syllabus: Russia and the West [Spring...
“Most agree that relations between the United States and Russia today are at one of the low points in decades. … Some attribute this current clash to decisions taken by foreign policymakers in...
View ArticleEVENT: “The New U.S.-Russian Cold War – Who is to Blame?”– A debate between...
Subject: Stephen F. Cohen and Michael McFaul debate the “New U.S.-Russian Cold War” REGISTER NOW: The New U.S.-Russian Cold War – Who is to Blame? a debate between Stephen F. Cohen and Michael McFaul...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “From Cold War to Hot Peace”– Medium/Michael McFaul
“… What happened? How did we go from toasting the Reset in Prague in 2010 to lamenting its end in Moscow just two years later? Nothing fundamental had changed in our policy toward Russia. Nor had...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “The big chill: the alarming decline in U.S.-Russian relations; A...
“Soviet-era jokes are fashionable once again in Russia. … a man walks into the headquarters of … the FSB … and says, ‘My pet parrot is missing.’ An agent responds, ‘Why are you wasting my time?...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH EVENT VIDEO: “[Stephen Cohen and Michael McFaul Debate:] THE NEW...
“THE NEW U.S.-RUSSIAN COLD WAR-WHO IS TO BLAME? Columbia University, Harriman Institute/NYU Jordan Center Wednesday, May 9, 2018, 5:00pm – 7:00pm Teatro, Italian Academy (2nd Floor, 1161 Amsterdam Ave)...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Michael McFaul: The smear that killed the ‘reset’; Putin needed an...
“Michael McFaul, the director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Hoover fellow at Stanford University, was the U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014. He is the...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH VIDEO: “Cohen vs. McFaul – Is Russia or America to blame for the...
“Living in New York City, retired from academia, and unencumbered by the Washington consensus on Russia, Professor Stephen Cohen does not keep a low profile. In recent years, he has been one of...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Who Is Responsible for the New US-Russian Cold War? A discussion...
“On May 9, at a public event jointly sponsored by Columbia University’s Harriman Institute and NYU’s Jordan Center for Advanced Russian Studies, Cohen and McFaul – a Stanford University professor and...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH VIDEO: “John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture With Michael McFaul”–...
“Michael McFaul provides an insider’s perspective on Russia during his time as U.S. ambassador, including his analysis of Russia’s foreign policy from the end of the cold war to the presidency of...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Putin Hazed Me: How I Was Stalked, Harassed and Surveilled by...
“… it became clear that my family and I were being followed. I had been in Moscow as ambassador then for less than a year. As I wrote to the head of our security team on October 7, ‘My guards informed...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Michael McFaul on Putin the Intimidator”– Los Angeles World...
“… The first time … McFaul met … Putin … [when] he was an assistant to the mayor of St Petersburg[,] ‘He made absolutely no impression on me …’ said McFaul. ‘I would never have predicted … that he...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Aggression Is a Choice; A conversation with Michael McFaul on...
“… Putin is not the only decision-maker regarding Russian foreign policy. Internally, there are bureaucratic politics, interest groups, and even economic actors who lobby the Kremlin. After 15 years in...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Former Ambassador McFaul Talks U.S.-Russia Relations and ‘Hot...
“… Obama thought very similar to the way I did. There was hardly any daylight, both on substantive issues and analytic framework. …”
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Does Vladimir Putin Speak for the Russian People?”– New York...
“… Putin turned directly to McFaul and berated him for trying to ruin United States-Russia relations. * * * … McFaul concluded that [Putin] was ‘paranoid,’ a man of ‘fixed and flawed views’ who ‘saw us...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “The Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki was a historic event – in the...
“As I touched down in Helsinki two days ago, I had one small hope — that the ‘summit’ between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin would not be a historic one. During my five years...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Putin wanted to interrogate me. Trump called it ‘an incredible...
“I thought I was done worrying about Vladimir Putin. … his proxies falsely argued that I had been sent by President Barack Obama to fund the opposition and foment revolution; that I hoped Putin would...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “To advance almost all of our core national security and...
(Michael McFaul – Twitter @McFaul – August 12, 2018) “To advance almost all of our core national security and economic interests, the US does not need Russia. Remember that.” [embedded live feed of...
View ArticleSenate Testimony of Ambassador Michael McFaul;Outside Perspectives on Russian...
Testimony of Ambassador Michael McFaul [Excerpt] Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Professor of Political Science, and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow at Stanford...
View ArticleMichael McFaul: “Not a great foreign investment promotion strategy to arrest...
[Arrest of American in Moscow] (Michael McFaul – Twitter – @McFaul – Jan. 2, 2019) “Not a great foreign investment promotion strategy to arrest an American without explanation. Who in their right mind...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Sorry, but Trump is not ‘tough on Russia’; The administration...
“… The Trump administration has a tough policy on Russia, one that I mostly support. But Trump himself does not. For the past two years, he has consistently made it clear that he does not support his...
View ArticleWhy the ‘Reset’ Didn’t Last
(Russia Matters – russiamatters.org – Nini Arshakuni, Angelina Flood, Natasha Yefimova-Trilling – December 8, 2019 – russiamatters.org/analysis/why-reset-didnt-last) Ten years ago this week, then...
View ArticleAUDIO: JRL NEWSWATCH: “What does the end of the Mueller investigation mean...
“… Mueller found no evidence of collusion between … Trump’s campaign and Russia in the 2016 election, but left unresolved the issue of whether Trump obstructed justice by undermining the investigations...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Former ambassador: U.S. should stop trying to make friends...
“… Putin, suspecting the U.S. of trying to overthrow him, targeted McFaul for … two years. Russian state media discredited McFaul using propaganda and political harassment. … Obama pulled McFaul out. …...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH AUDIO: “Former U.S. Ambassador To Russia Discusses Findings Of...
“MCFAUL: … I’ve actually been dealing with Russian trolls and Russian real people on social media since I was ambassador in 2012, and I think it just underscores how sophisticated this operation was by...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “History Is Not on Putin’s Side, Says Former U.S. Ambassador;...
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Jake Cordell – October 18, 2019) Former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul believes President Vladimir Putin is fighting against the tide of history and that...
View ArticleWhere U.S. Sees Democracy Promotion, Russia Sees Regime Change
In the aftermath of the revelation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election ... Putin rejected those claims and accused the U.S. of interfering in Russian elections instead [...]
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “How to Get a Breakthrough in Ukraine: The Case Against...
“Nearly a year after he invaded Ukraine … Putin has failed to achieve any of his major objectives. He has not unified the alleged single Slavic nation, he has not ‘denazified’ or ‘demilitarized’...
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