Jason Morton

Historian of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia. Berkeley PhD. Senior Policy Analyst at the US Commission on International Religious Freedom.

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@ElenaWicker Beautiful Swimmers. It’s about blue crabs

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@nateschenkkan He always looks angry about being confused

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@andrewmichta @lsrfcs Why do you think political symbolism is separate from history and culture? Not everyone irritated with your tweet is a Russian troll. Many are just shocked at the ignorance of the question. You are effectively providing ammo to Russian propaganda gratis.

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@JohnLechner1 @aaron_schwa I can’t not see it that way. I think it’s related to the font, which looks really Cyrillic

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@SevaUT He was always a zombie

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@l_seiitbek Apparently the same people who still think monarchy is a good idea.

[George Demacopoulos @GDemacopoulos]

Public Orthodoxy is successful because it attracts intelligent authors with diverse perspectives on issues of current concern. Today's post is a clear example.

Thomas Bremer arguing that scholars are making too much of the "Russian World" analysis . . .
https://t.co/N0MfUJZLSH

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@nateschenkkan It’s almost worse than Madonna’s video. Almost.

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@Javspena Good to see you too Javier

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@SidneyEschenba1 @terrelljstarr Says the guy with 11 followers

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@JohnLechner1 You can recognize trends without falling into teleological determinism

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@JohnLechner1 All good reminders. I don’t think Kotkin was really guilty of this in the interview though.

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@JohnLechner1 I would argue that it is. And most Russians would probably agree with that. But I do take your point that “the West” is also historically prone to authoritarianism.

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@rafkhach @GeoffPolHist Institutions and economics are not separate from culture. You don’t have to go full Pipes to acknowledge a significant cultural element to this.