Casey Michel
@cjcmichel.bsky.social
Dictators are a cowardly and superstitious lot. | Head of Combating Kleptocracy Program at Human Rights Foundation | Author of AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY and FOREIGN AGENTS | Posts in personal capacity
There's now a petition from Speak Out Sudan where you can call out the @nba.com for partnering with the UAE, while the UAE fuels genocide in Sudan:
www.speakoutonsudan.org
www.speakoutonsudan.org
Speak Out On Sudan
The UAE is fuelingsupporting mass atrocities in Sudan. It’s time to act.
www.speakoutonsudan.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
There's now a petition from Speak Out Sudan where you can call out the @nba.com for partnering with the UAE, while the UAE fuels genocide in Sudan:
www.speakoutonsudan.org
www.speakoutonsudan.org
I honestly think, even if the Kremlin was being stormed and he was forced to flee, he'd believe it was just a matter of time before he could turn things around in Ukraine.
He's become messianic in this belief, and has been for years and years. There's no changing him.
He's become messianic in this belief, and has been for years and years. There's no changing him.
November 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I honestly think, even if the Kremlin was being stormed and he was forced to flee, he'd believe it was just a matter of time before he could turn things around in Ukraine.
He's become messianic in this belief, and has been for years and years. There's no changing him.
He's become messianic in this belief, and has been for years and years. There's no changing him.
Why is stuff like this being written? The idea that Putin could possibly be convinced that "he cannot win a long war" in Ukraine is just wish-casting.
That ship has sailed. We're never going to see a day when Putin is convinced he'll lose in Ukraine.
www.economist.com/internationa...
That ship has sailed. We're never going to see a day when Putin is convinced he'll lose in Ukraine.
www.economist.com/internationa...
November 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Why is stuff like this being written? The idea that Putin could possibly be convinced that "he cannot win a long war" in Ukraine is just wish-casting.
That ship has sailed. We're never going to see a day when Putin is convinced he'll lose in Ukraine.
www.economist.com/internationa...
That ship has sailed. We're never going to see a day when Putin is convinced he'll lose in Ukraine.
www.economist.com/internationa...
Two things the UAE is currently sponsoring:
1) The NBA in-season tournament
2) Genocide in Sudan
1) The NBA in-season tournament
2) Genocide in Sudan
October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Two things the UAE is currently sponsoring:
1) The NBA in-season tournament
2) Genocide in Sudan
1) The NBA in-season tournament
2) Genocide in Sudan
Which is why this war, and the threat of expanded war, will never end while Putin is still in office. Any permanent resolution to this war will only come once Putin is out of the Kremlin.
The sooner Western policy-makers realize that, the better of we'll all be.
The sooner Western policy-makers realize that, the better of we'll all be.
October 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Which is why this war, and the threat of expanded war, will never end while Putin is still in office. Any permanent resolution to this war will only come once Putin is out of the Kremlin.
The sooner Western policy-makers realize that, the better of we'll all be.
The sooner Western policy-makers realize that, the better of we'll all be.
Toss in the fact that Putin views winning the Ukraine war as his key legacy, and that he's surrounded himself by yes-men and sycophants, there's no world in which Putin is convinced that he'll ever lose the war.
Which is too bad! But there's no world in which we can change Putin's mind on that.
Which is too bad! But there's no world in which we can change Putin's mind on that.
October 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Toss in the fact that Putin views winning the Ukraine war as his key legacy, and that he's surrounded himself by yes-men and sycophants, there's no world in which Putin is convinced that he'll ever lose the war.
Which is too bad! But there's no world in which we can change Putin's mind on that.
Which is too bad! But there's no world in which we can change Putin's mind on that.