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Russia, the United States, and the unpredictability of Trump
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In her new , Julia Ioffe posited a simple thesis about Vladimir Putin: that he is not the manipulative mastermind America thinks he is. In , Julia explains how Russia hacked the U.S. presidential election—and why it will happen again. Russian cyber warfare will only get better; the question is how willing Americans are to defend themselves against Russian attacks on their democracy. Julia also , to discuss her cover the possibility of a conflict between Russia and another country as a high-priority threat and one of the global conflicts to watch in 2018.

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