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An emboldened Putin thrives on American disunity

An Emboldened Putin Thrives on American Disunity | GZERO World

Political polarization in the US isn’t just a problem within the country, points out former US national security official Fiona Hill. Deep divisions, she says, actually make America look weaker on the global stage — particularly to someone like Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.

“Putin loves our disunity," Russian expert Hill tells Ian Bremmer. "It's incredibly useful as a tool to exploit in that toolkit that he has.”


“Part of our problem, she adds, is how to deal with that. Her recipe? "Collective, coherent, concerted pushback."

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