FSI's McFaul, Stoner on Putin vs. the West

Domestic politics in Russia are to blame for the negative turn in relations between Moscow and Washington, argue FSI's Director Michael McFaul and Senior Fellow Kathryn Stoner. In an article published in The Washington Quarterly, the Stanford scholars argue that Vladimir Putin's pivot toward anti-Americanism is part of the Russian president's strategy to preserve his regime and is the direct consequence of political and economic circumstances in his own country.

Read their article here.