Max and Maria spoke with Stanford professor and former ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul to talk about his latest book, and where things stand today in U.S.-Russia relations.

Pre-order <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/autocrats-vs-democrats-michael-mcfaul?variant=43731712606242">Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder</a> by Michael McFaul (HarperCollins, October 2025)
"<a href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/real-meaning-putins-middle-east-failure-michael-mcfaul?check_logged_in=1">The Real Meaning of Putin's Middle East Failure: Russia's Allies in the Region Couldn't Count on Moscow — and Neither Should China</a>," by Michael McFaul and Abbas Milani (Foreign Affairs, July 2025)
"<a href="https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article-abstract/45/2/95/95260/Putin-Putinism-and-the-Domestic-Determinants-of">Putin, Putinism, and the Domestic Determinants of Russian Foreign Policy</a>" by Michael McFaul (International Security, Fall 2020)

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