Matt Johnson writes for Haaretz, Quillette, The Bulwark, Areo, Arc Digital, and many other publications. He is author of the forthcoming book How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment (November 2022).
The Russia Debates
Never mind Putin’s actions or speech, realists are eager to hammer his motivations into the shape of conventional power politics.
