You have to ask yourself, why is it that Washington had no … - Stephen F. Cohen

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You have to ask yourself, why is it that Washington had no problem doing productive diplomacy with Soviet communist leaders... Why do we like communist leaders in Russia better than we like Russia’s anti-communist leader? It’s a riddle.

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Stephen F. Cohen (November 25, 1938 – September 18, 2020) was an American scholar and professor emeritus of Russian studies at Princeton University and New York University. His academic work concentrated on modern Russian history and Russia's relationship with the United States.

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