Putin on the Ritz
February 27, 2006 · Magazine, Michael McFaul, Books and Arts
Kremlin Rising
Russia Scholar and Former Ambassador
Michael McFaul
7 articles 1996–2006
Michael McFaul is a political scientist and leading expert on Russia who served as U.S. Ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014. He is a professor of political science at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. His contributions to The Weekly Standard focused extensively on Russian politics and Vladimir Putin's consolidation of power.
Putin's Authoritarian Soul
February 28, 2005 · Magazine, Michael McFaul
IN HIS SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS, George W. Bush made a full-throated, unabashed pledge to promote liberty throughout the world. Bush had barely stepped down from the podium, however, when "senior administration officials" began to caution that the president's speech did not signal a change in…
Putin Gambles Big--and Loses
December 13, 2004 · Magazine, Michael McFaul
AS THIS ARTICLE goes to press, it remains uncertain who will emerge the winner of Ukraine's presidential election. The official tally favored Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich by 3 percentage points, but momentum is with opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko, whom exit polls showed to be the actual…
Vladimir Putin's Grand Strategy
November 17, 2003 · Magazine, Michael McFaul
IN THE BARRAGE OF COMMENT on the recent arrest of Yukos oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, much attention has been paid to Khodorkovsky's political activities and to Russian president Vladimir Putin's brand of crony capitalism--but the essence of the scandal lies deeper. The imprisonment of the…
The New Russia
April 9, 2001 · Magazine, Michael McFaul, Books and Arts
Failed Crusade
YANKS BRAG, PRESS BITES
July 22, 1996 · Blog, Michael McFaul
MOST OBSERVERS OF RUSSIA'S historic presidential election on July 3 believed that Boris Yeltsin and his colleagues had made a dramatic bid for reelection and won. But Time magazine's ensuing cover story, "Yanks to the Rescue," by chief political correspondent Michael Kramer, and the ABC news…
YANKS BRAG, PRESS BITES
July 22, 1996 · Blog, Michael McFaul
MOST OBSERVERS OF RUSSIA'S historic presidential election on July 3 believed that Boris Yeltsin and his colleagues had made a dramatic bid for reelection and won. But Time magazine's ensuing cover story, "Yanks to the Rescue," by chief political correspondent Michael Kramer, and the ABC news…