Russian economy and society have been reorganized around war. There are now powerful domestic incentives that make ending the war difficult and even dangerous for Russia’s president.
Jeremy Morris @jeremymorris.bsky.social and myself in Foreign Affairs (open access)
Great essay by @seva.bsky.social and @jeremymorris.bsky.social about why it will be hard for Putin to end the war without throwing Russia into chaos.
Tak for det, Anders!
It's rare when I write such a neat post that it's still true and worth reading 4 years later.
Or maybe we're all just still incapable of accepting the need for a shift away from using numbers without context? postsocialism.org/2026/06/08/f...
me too.
Nice of Greg to review me in the latest LRB:
postsocialism.org/2026/05/28/h...
Re-up: how wiling are young people in Russia to mould themselves to the demands of both the market and the government. sidenote: this case study just came out that supports both my and Schwenck's approaches.
this is true. It's horrible.
How flexible is Russian authoritarianism?
This question is asked by Anna Schwenck’s recent book and is more relevant now than ever as the economic decline in most parts of the Russian economy accelerates
New blog post. Link in next post.