Mark N. Katz
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Professor Emeritus, George Mason U. Schar School of Policy and Government; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council. Russian foreign policy; great power competition.

Mark N. Katz is a professor of government and politics at George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government in Fairfax, Virginia, United States, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC. He researches and teaches classes about Russian politics and foreign policy, revolution, and the "War on Terror." .. more

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I spoke with Stewart Willy of Times (of London) Radio about how Trump's sanctions are unlikely to induce Putin to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine:
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Trump sanctions won’t stop Putin unless militarily action is used | Mark N. Katz
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Honored that my 2005 article, "Iran and America: Is Rapprochement Finally Possible?" was included in the just published special issue of Middle East Policy, published by @mideastpolicy.bsky.social, on the Israel-Iran War.
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All articles in Middle East Policy special issue The Israel-Iran War are free to read without a subscription. Featuring analyses by @thomasjuneau.bsky.social ‬@tparsi.bsky.social ‪@stelhami.bsky.social‬ @marknkatz.bsky.social and many others.
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The Israel-Iran War: Middle East Policy
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All articles in Middle East Policy special issue The Israel-Iran War are free to read without a subscription. Featuring analyses by @thomasjuneau.bsky.social ‬@tparsi.bsky.social ‪@stelhami.bsky.social‬ @marknkatz.bsky.social and many others.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
The Israel-Iran War: Middle East Policy
Click on the title to browse this issue
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In this article, I discuss how various theories of revolution as well as analogies with previous revolutions can provide suggestive, even if not definitive, answers about whether and to what extent the Trump phenomenon can be considered a revolution.

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Can the Trump Phenomenon Be Considered Revolutionary?
While Trump has succeeded in uniting disparate groups with differing interests, it is not clear whether anyone else can do so.
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Pleased to have contributed a paper on "Russia, the Black Sea, and the Middle East" to the Transatlantic Leadership Network project on "Russian Intentions and Actions in the Black Sea":
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