Anastasia Edel

Author, journalist, historian. Russia: Putin's Playground (2016). Essays in NYRB, The Atlantic, NYT, Foreign Policy, and others.

[Anastasia Edel @AEdelWriter]

One thing I learned from my Soviet childhood is that equality is not a natural state of the world. Here's why. https://t.co/DDPfXaUrZL

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

What it was like growing up in Brezhnev's USSR and watching my grandfather's dream die. By @AEdelWriter. https://t.co/IyEZND9swp

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

As Western unity falters, so does the leverage needed to end Russia’s war on terms acceptable to Ukraine and its European allies, writes @AEdelWriter. https://t.co/ID0IvIiPuu

[Anastasia Edel @AEdelWriter]

@ForeignPolicy Grateful to Foreign Policy for their exceptional editorial work and for keeping the spotlight on Ukraine.

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Conflict in Ukraine has shattered the myths sustaining the Western coalition, writes @AEdelWriter. https://t.co/ID0IvIiPuu

[Anastasia Edel @AEdelWriter]

My latest in @ForeignPolicy — on how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended assumptions about the Western order and foreshadowed much of what we’re witnessing today. https://t.co/WkZcyiCejv

[Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell]

Renee Good wasn’t a threat—she was a mom with stuffed animals in her glove box. If the GOP won’t act, we will.

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

What is often hailed as Putin’s mastery of realpolitik is, in fact, short-term gamesmanship rooted in KGB tactics aimed at suppressing democratic agency and manipulating public opinion, @AEdelWriter writes. https://t.co/m6ik3R3X3W

[Anastasia Edel @AEdelWriter]

My latest piece for the Atlantic reflects on our lives in Anthropocene and how children of Chernobyl became accidental trailblazers of a new global condition.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

A new book shows how Chernobyl’s child victims became trailblazers of a new global condition, in which disasters cross borders and continue long after the cameras are gone, writes @AEdelWriter: https://t.co/nP53YTHoZu

[Anastasia Edel @AEdelWriter]

What happens when war on press is taken to its logical end. My latest for foreign policy. https://t.co/U6WvjlCSEa

[Anastasia Edel @AEdelWriter]

My interview to L’Express on Putin’s strategems is now translated into english https://t.co/ImyPOctI4Z

[Anastasia Edel @AEdelWriter]

Happy 4th.

[Anastasia Edel @AEdelWriter]

incredible. Can the US still call itself a democracy?

[Nancy Pelosi @SpeakerPelosi]

Tonight, the President ignored the Constitution by unilaterally engaging our military without Congressional authorization.

I join my colleagues in demanding answers from the Administration on this operation which endangers American lives and risks further escalation and dangerous destabilization of the region.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

If they can handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you.

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Putin’s approach hinges on exploiting Western disunity, capitalizing on moments of retreat, and relying on disruption rather than durable influence. https://t.co/m6ik3R3X3W

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

What is often hailed as Putin’s mastery of realpolitik is, in fact, short-term gamesmanship rooted in KGB tactics aimed at suppressing democratic agency and manipulating public opinion, @AEdelWriter writes. https://t.co/m6ik3R3X3W

[Anastasia Edel @AEdelWriter]

Putin was dealt bad cards. He’s playing them like a royal flush.
The West must stop mistaking his bluff for strength.
Read my full argument → [link]
#Ukraine #Russia #Geopolitics

[Anastasia Edel @AEdelWriter]

Trump says Ukraine doesn’t have the cards. But it’s Putin who’s playing a weak hand — and bluffing.
I argue this in my new piece for Foreign Policy: https://t.co/hNnZWcQcTO🧵

[Anastasia Edel @AEdelWriter]

Meanwhile, Europe is rearming and strengthening alliances — with or without Washington.
Putin’s invasion has galvanized the West, not broken it.

[Anastasia Edel @AEdelWriter]

My latest for Foreign Policy

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

The Russian leader is not executing a master plan but improvising in pursuit of a single goal: staying in power, writes @AEdelWriter. https://t.co/m6ik3R3X3W