Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦
@andrewchak.bsky.social
Ukrainian-American in NL🇳🇱. “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim” -Elie Wiesel #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 https://linktr.ee/andrew.chakhoyan
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Free World accounts for 50% of global GDP; russia less than 2%. It’s no superpower, just a declining empire throwing a tantrum.
russia's foundation (economic, moral, demographic) is rotten to the core.
And the only thing more dangerous than an aggrieved dictator is a world too afraid to confront him
russia's foundation (economic, moral, demographic) is rotten to the core.
And the only thing more dangerous than an aggrieved dictator is a world too afraid to confront him
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Fareed's take is correct
Fareed Zakaria nails it, as per usual👇
The fate of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 might get decided in 2026, and the consequences will be seismic for the international system (read: for America, for Europe, for you and me personally)
Aggressors’ appetites are set to grow. Will we let them consume the world?
The fate of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 might get decided in 2026, and the consequences will be seismic for the international system (read: for America, for Europe, for you and me personally)
Aggressors’ appetites are set to grow. Will we let them consume the world?
January 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Fareed's take is correct
Reposted by Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦
Who is your favorite faux-realist?
Dear I say russialist?
If you find these questions confusing or don’t recognize the faces in these timeless memes, check out my latest op-ed for The Hill
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
Dear I say russialist?
If you find these questions confusing or don’t recognize the faces in these timeless memes, check out my latest op-ed for The Hill
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
January 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Who is your favorite faux-realist?
Dear I say russialist?
If you find these questions confusing or don’t recognize the faces in these timeless memes, check out my latest op-ed for The Hill
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
Dear I say russialist?
If you find these questions confusing or don’t recognize the faces in these timeless memes, check out my latest op-ed for The Hill
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
Reposted by Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦
If only it were that easy...
January 5, 2026 at 11:58 AM
If only it were that easy...
Fareed Zakaria nails it, as per usual👇
The fate of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 might get decided in 2026, and the consequences will be seismic for the international system (read: for America, for Europe, for you and me personally)
Aggressors’ appetites are set to grow. Will we let them consume the world?
The fate of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 might get decided in 2026, and the consequences will be seismic for the international system (read: for America, for Europe, for you and me personally)
Aggressors’ appetites are set to grow. Will we let them consume the world?
January 5, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Fareed Zakaria nails it, as per usual👇
The fate of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 might get decided in 2026, and the consequences will be seismic for the international system (read: for America, for Europe, for you and me personally)
Aggressors’ appetites are set to grow. Will we let them consume the world?
The fate of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 might get decided in 2026, and the consequences will be seismic for the international system (read: for America, for Europe, for you and me personally)
Aggressors’ appetites are set to grow. Will we let them consume the world?
Reposted by Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦
How foreign policy realists lost touch with reality on #russia (Andrew Chakhoyan)
> Traditional realism emphasizes national interest, balance of power and hard constraints. Realism, properly applied, demands we see the world as it is rather than as we’d like it to be. But the realistm of […]
> Traditional realism emphasizes national interest, balance of power and hard constraints. Realism, properly applied, demands we see the world as it is rather than as we’d like it to be. But the realistm of […]
Original post on agora.echelon.pl
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January 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
How foreign policy realists lost touch with reality on #russia (Andrew Chakhoyan)
> Traditional realism emphasizes national interest, balance of power and hard constraints. Realism, properly applied, demands we see the world as it is rather than as we’d like it to be. But the realistm of […]
> Traditional realism emphasizes national interest, balance of power and hard constraints. Realism, properly applied, demands we see the world as it is rather than as we’d like it to be. But the realistm of […]
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" #NATO threatens the #Kremlin only as a deadbolt threatens a criminal. "
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How foreign policy realists lost touch with reality on Russia
Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is being met with a double standard by some scholars, who suggest that the West is to blame and that restraint should be demanded of the victim, rather than rec…
thehill.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:09 AM
" #NATO threatens the #Kremlin only as a deadbolt threatens a criminal. "
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A lot of ink has been spilled trying to divine Moscow’s motivations to invade 🇺🇦, commit innumerable war crimes, and burn the remaining bridges with the West.
Why? God knows, the largest landmass on our planet, russia, doesn’t need any more territory..
My two cents
open.substack.com/pub/chakhoya...
Why? God knows, the largest landmass on our planet, russia, doesn’t need any more territory..
My two cents
open.substack.com/pub/chakhoya...
The bloodsoaked lexicon of Russian imperialism
Seven phrases that encapsulate Moscow's violent obsession with conquest
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A lot of ink has been spilled trying to divine Moscow’s motivations to invade 🇺🇦, commit innumerable war crimes, and burn the remaining bridges with the West.
Why? God knows, the largest landmass on our planet, russia, doesn’t need any more territory..
My two cents
open.substack.com/pub/chakhoya...
Why? God knows, the largest landmass on our planet, russia, doesn’t need any more territory..
My two cents
open.substack.com/pub/chakhoya...
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Is there anyone in this room who thinks there will be a cease-fire soon?
& no one raised their hands.
Trump doesn't have a strategy. He doesn't think strategically or geopolitically.
The previous Pope, picked a fight with Vance.
-Anne Applebaum-
Thread 1/8🧵
#InternationalLaw
#Venezuela
#Europe
& no one raised their hands.
Trump doesn't have a strategy. He doesn't think strategically or geopolitically.
The previous Pope, picked a fight with Vance.
-Anne Applebaum-
Thread 1/8🧵
#InternationalLaw
#Venezuela
#Europe
January 4, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Is there anyone in this room who thinks there will be a cease-fire soon?
& no one raised their hands.
Trump doesn't have a strategy. He doesn't think strategically or geopolitically.
The previous Pope, picked a fight with Vance.
-Anne Applebaum-
Thread 1/8🧵
#InternationalLaw
#Venezuela
#Europe
& no one raised their hands.
Trump doesn't have a strategy. He doesn't think strategically or geopolitically.
The previous Pope, picked a fight with Vance.
-Anne Applebaum-
Thread 1/8🧵
#InternationalLaw
#Venezuela
#Europe
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Guter Beitrag:
"Ukraine is not asking America to fight Russia. It is asking the West not to sabotage transatlantic security by persistently miscalculating the cost of inaction."
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
"Ukraine is not asking America to fight Russia. It is asking the West not to sabotage transatlantic security by persistently miscalculating the cost of inaction."
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
thehill.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Guter Beitrag:
"Ukraine is not asking America to fight Russia. It is asking the West not to sabotage transatlantic security by persistently miscalculating the cost of inaction."
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
"Ukraine is not asking America to fight Russia. It is asking the West not to sabotage transatlantic security by persistently miscalculating the cost of inaction."
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
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A world ruled by force rather than law is a world where no one is safe. That's exactly where this train is heading.
January 4, 2026 at 9:20 AM
A world ruled by force rather than law is a world where no one is safe. That's exactly where this train is heading.
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How foreign policy realists lost touch with reality on Russia: When Western realists promise stability through concessions, they are not advancing the cause of peace, they are gifting Moscow time to rearm and repeat — all but inviting a bigger war. thehill.com/opinion/inte... @andrewchak.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 8:41 AM
How foreign policy realists lost touch with reality on Russia: When Western realists promise stability through concessions, they are not advancing the cause of peace, they are gifting Moscow time to rearm and repeat — all but inviting a bigger war. thehill.com/opinion/inte... @andrewchak.bsky.social
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"Every time Russia wages war, a familiar chorus rushes in to explain why the aggressor isn’t to blame and why restraint should be demanded of the victim or those who dare support the victim." Andrew Chakhoyan writes.
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
thehill.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:30 AM
"Every time Russia wages war, a familiar chorus rushes in to explain why the aggressor isn’t to blame and why restraint should be demanded of the victim or those who dare support the victim." Andrew Chakhoyan writes.
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
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“Scholars” like John Mearsheimer, Samuel Charap, and Stephen Walt can truly go fuck themselves
They think we are all stupid and don’t see their “realist” nonsense for what it really is: spreading russian narrative, poison, and lies thehill.com/opinion/inte...
They think we are all stupid and don’t see their “realist” nonsense for what it really is: spreading russian narrative, poison, and lies thehill.com/opinion/inte...
thehill.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:17 AM
“Scholars” like John Mearsheimer, Samuel Charap, and Stephen Walt can truly go fuck themselves
They think we are all stupid and don’t see their “realist” nonsense for what it really is: spreading russian narrative, poison, and lies thehill.com/opinion/inte...
They think we are all stupid and don’t see their “realist” nonsense for what it really is: spreading russian narrative, poison, and lies thehill.com/opinion/inte...
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"When Western #realists promise stability through concessions, they are not advancing the cause of peace, they are gifting #Moscow time to rearm and repeat — all but inviting a bigger war. "
- thehill.com/opinion/inte...
- thehill.com/opinion/inte...
thehill.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:47 PM
"When Western #realists promise stability through concessions, they are not advancing the cause of peace, they are gifting #Moscow time to rearm and repeat — all but inviting a bigger war. "
- thehill.com/opinion/inte...
- thehill.com/opinion/inte...
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The danger is not that russia will suddenly do something unthinkable; it is that the unthinkable is routinely tolerated: “of the nearly 53,000 verified civilian casualties from the start of the full-scale invasion, more than 3,000 have been children.” #nuclearThreat
January 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The danger is not that russia will suddenly do something unthinkable; it is that the unthinkable is routinely tolerated: “of the nearly 53,000 verified civilian casualties from the start of the full-scale invasion, more than 3,000 have been children.” #nuclearThreat
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#Ukraine 🇺🇦
Opinion : Comment les réalistes ( #vatniks) de la politique étrangère ont perdu le contact avec la réalité de #ruSSiaTerroristState
Par @andrewchak.bsky.social : Chaque fois que #ruSSia fait la guerre, un chœur familier de Vatniks geopoliticien familier se précipite pour expliquer
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Opinion : Comment les réalistes ( #vatniks) de la politique étrangère ont perdu le contact avec la réalité de #ruSSiaTerroristState
Par @andrewchak.bsky.social : Chaque fois que #ruSSia fait la guerre, un chœur familier de Vatniks geopoliticien familier se précipite pour expliquer
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January 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
#Ukraine 🇺🇦
Opinion : Comment les réalistes ( #vatniks) de la politique étrangère ont perdu le contact avec la réalité de #ruSSiaTerroristState
Par @andrewchak.bsky.social : Chaque fois que #ruSSia fait la guerre, un chœur familier de Vatniks geopoliticien familier se précipite pour expliquer
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Opinion : Comment les réalistes ( #vatniks) de la politique étrangère ont perdu le contact avec la réalité de #ruSSiaTerroristState
Par @andrewchak.bsky.social : Chaque fois que #ruSSia fait la guerre, un chœur familier de Vatniks geopoliticien familier se précipite pour expliquer
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A russia kicked out of 🇺🇦 has at least a theoretical chance to rethink itscolonizer identity and decouple from 🇨🇳
A russia rewarded in 🇺🇦 has no such incentive, it will cement a junior-vassal status under Chinese domination
- my latest for @kyivindependent.com
kyivindependent.com/dr-strangelo...
A russia rewarded in 🇺🇦 has no such incentive, it will cement a junior-vassal status under Chinese domination
- my latest for @kyivindependent.com
kyivindependent.com/dr-strangelo...
Dr. Strangelove or: How the West taught Putin to stop worrying and love his bombs
In Netflix's House of Dynamite, a ballistic missile hurtles toward the United States, the nightmare scenario that keeps defense planners awake at night. Yet the West's Russia policies, over the past d...
kyivindependent.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A russia kicked out of 🇺🇦 has at least a theoretical chance to rethink itscolonizer identity and decouple from 🇨🇳
A russia rewarded in 🇺🇦 has no such incentive, it will cement a junior-vassal status under Chinese domination
- my latest for @kyivindependent.com
kyivindependent.com/dr-strangelo...
A russia rewarded in 🇺🇦 has no such incentive, it will cement a junior-vassal status under Chinese domination
- my latest for @kyivindependent.com
kyivindependent.com/dr-strangelo...
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'Dr. Strangelove or: How the West taught Putin to stop worrying and love his bombs'. kyivindependent.com/dr-strangelo... By Andrew Chakhoyan, University of Amsterdam.
Dr. Strangelove or: How the West taught Putin to stop worrying and love his bombs
In Netflix's House of Dynamite, a ballistic missile hurtles toward the United States, the nightmare scenario that keeps defense planners awake at night. Yet the West's Russia policies, over the past d...
kyivindependent.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
'Dr. Strangelove or: How the West taught Putin to stop worrying and love his bombs'. kyivindependent.com/dr-strangelo... By Andrew Chakhoyan, University of Amsterdam.
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In the supplement to my book, I also take on Meersheimer and others who bizarrely argue that NATO expansion provoked Putin. In 2023, the Institute for the Study of War said that Putin didn't invade Ukraine out of fear of NATO; he invaded because he thought NATO was weak. thehill.com/opinion/inte...
thehill.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:23 AM
In the supplement to my book, I also take on Meersheimer and others who bizarrely argue that NATO expansion provoked Putin. In 2023, the Institute for the Study of War said that Putin didn't invade Ukraine out of fear of NATO; he invaded because he thought NATO was weak. thehill.com/opinion/inte...
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How foreign policy realists lost touch with reality on Russia
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 AM
How foreign policy realists lost touch with reality on Russia
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How foreign policy realists lost touch with reality on Russia
thehill.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:29 PM
How foreign policy realists lost touch with reality on Russia
Who is your favorite faux-realist?
Dear I say russialist?
If you find these questions confusing or don’t recognize the faces in these timeless memes, check out my latest op-ed for The Hill
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
Dear I say russialist?
If you find these questions confusing or don’t recognize the faces in these timeless memes, check out my latest op-ed for The Hill
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
January 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Who is your favorite faux-realist?
Dear I say russialist?
If you find these questions confusing or don’t recognize the faces in these timeless memes, check out my latest op-ed for The Hill
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
Dear I say russialist?
If you find these questions confusing or don’t recognize the faces in these timeless memes, check out my latest op-ed for The Hill
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
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How foreign policy realists lost touch with reality on Russia https://twp.ai/4itJyV
January 2, 2026 at 5:11 PM
How foreign policy realists lost touch with reality on Russia https://twp.ai/4itJyV
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"Three scholars walk into a bar and watch a country being invaded on TV. The constructivist says: 'We must help.' The pragmatist says: 'We should calculate costs and benefits.' The realist says: 'Actually, this is NATO’s fault.' It’s a joke, except that it isn’t."
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
thehill.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
"Three scholars walk into a bar and watch a country being invaded on TV. The constructivist says: 'We must help.' The pragmatist says: 'We should calculate costs and benefits.' The realist says: 'Actually, this is NATO’s fault.' It’s a joke, except that it isn’t."
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
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