Former NSC Director for Russia and Director for Eastern Europe & Ukraine | Author of RIGGED (Knopf, 2020), a NYT Editors' Choice Book | DPhil from Oxford
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Jon Finer and @davidashimer examine the growth of Ukraine’s cutting-edge defense industry—and call on the Department of Defense and U.S. companies to learn from Ukrainian manufacturers firsthand:
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Jon Finer and @davidashimer discuss the exponential growth of Kyiv’s drone production—and consider what the United States can learn from Ukraine’s cutting-edge capabilities:
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(1/2) Wally Adeyemo and I spoke with @biannagolodryga about our @ForeignAffairs article calling on European leaders to seize and utilize the immobilized Russian sovereign assets in support of Ukraine. Now is the time to act.
(2/2) The full interview is available here: cnn.com/2025/05/27/Tv/video/…
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I spoke with @klustout about steps European governments can take to intensify their aid for Ukraine, including seizing and utilizing the approximately $300 billion in immobilized Russian sovereign assets in support of Ukraine.
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From @WSJopinion: Ukraine can enter a future negotiation with strength and reach an acceptable outcome to this war, but only if the U.S. continues to support the Ukrainian military and apply economic pressure on Russia, writes @davidashimer on.wsj.com/4hlq4ka
Very much looking forward to this virtual event, during which I’ll have the honor of discussing “The Road to Russian Interference in 2016” alongside @RidT, @CatherineBelton, @ArkadyOstrovsky, and Fiona Hill. The link to register is here: brookings.edu/events/disinfo…
Elections with unusually high stakes and voter engagement can generate historic turnout. During Italy’s pivotal 1948 election, the country stood still for a day, and more than 90 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots.
Putin’s decision-making abroad must be understood through a domestic lens: He’s used the presidency to consolidate power and enrich himself, he’s remained in power by undemocratic means, and he knows he could fall from power by popular revolution at any moment.
Another video from the large-scale #protest march today in #Khabarovsk, eastern #Russia, where estimated 95,000 people are protesting against Putin:
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As I told NPR's @philewing, “History clarifies that the threat of foreign electoral interference is a threat to our nation, not any one political party."
npr.org/2020/07/23/894462666…
0/10 In my book "Rigged," I unearth the history of covert electoral interference, and I argue that the lessons of the past can and must be used to protect our democracy now.
Here are ten historical lessons that should inform our response to the threat of foreign interference:
9/10 No silver bullet will secure America’s elections. Lenin and Putin were right: Competitive elections are by nature penetrable. They always have been, and they always will be.