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“Twilight diplomats” tend to make or break international negotiations, despite rarely garnering the acclaim of their more public-facing counterparts, write members of the Negotiation Task Force.
The Belavezha Accords, often overlooked in the history of the dissolution of the USSR, largely defy accepted narratives about the collapse, writes Yelena Biberman.
Anxieties about children’s historical education have been co-opted by the Kremlin to marginalize political opposition and generate support for the war in Ukraine, writes Sydney Stotter.
Putin’s indifference to the short-term costs of war and his overestimation of Russia’s military power may ultimately threaten his long-term interests, writes Alexandra Vacroux in Barron’s.