Response to Robert Pape's NYT Op-Ed

In the days following the metro attacks in Moscow, media coverage has coalesced around two distinct narratives that ‘make sense’ of things. The options seem to be these: (a) militants operating out of the North Caucasus represent a link in the global chain of Islamic terrorism, or (b) these acts of violence are the consequence …

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Yulia Latynina Says Liberals Lie, Too

The Yulia Latynina hits keep coming this week. In the aftermath of Yanukovich’s win in Ukraine, she published an article declaring that poor people can’t be trusted to vote properly. (For an excellent read on this event, check Sean’s Russia Blog.) Now, perhaps in an effort to isolate herself even more and at last claim the …

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