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Michael Weiss

Michael Weiss is the coauthor of ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror and also of The Menace of Unreality: How the Kremlin Weaponizes Information, Culture and Money.
  • Caitlin Cadieux / The Atlantic

    The Hero Who Betrayed His Country

    An ethnic Russian serving in Estonia’s military had something to hide. Now he’s in prison as a convicted traitor.

    • Michael Weiss
    • June 26, 2019
  • Peter Nichols / Reuters

    Julian Assange Got What He Deserved

    Don’t continue to fall for his phony pleas for sympathy, his megalomania, and his promiscuity with the facts.

    • Michael Weiss
    • April 12, 2019
  • The Rise and Probable Fall of Putin's Enforcer

    The man in charge of destroying the Russian opposition has as many enemies within the Kremlin as without.

    • Michael Weiss
    • August 12, 2013
  • The Unsurprising, Unjust Conviction of Russia's Opposition Leader

    Aleksei Navalny and the echoes of 1936 in modern Russia.

    • Michael Weiss
    • July 18, 2013
  • How Azerbaijan Is Like 'The Godfather'

    One family controls nearly every major part of the Caucasian nation.

    • Michael Weiss
    • July 11, 2013
  • Whose Idea Was It to Build a Winter Resort in the Warmest Part of Russia?

    Putin's biggest critic talks about the troubles facing the Sochi Winter Olympics.

    • Michael Weiss and Olga Khvostunova
    • June 17, 2013
  • Why Arming the Rebels Isn't Enough

    We need to dismantle Assad's air capability to really give the opposition a leg up.

    • Michael Weiss and Elizabeth O'Bagy
    • June 14, 2013
  • Did a Stroke Cause Putin's Awkward English?

    Those strained mouth movements! The jiggling! Some evidence that the Russian president might have a secret malady.

    • Michael Weiss
    • June 12, 2013
  • Hard to Shill: Steven Seagal in Chechnya

    Why is the aging action star trying to lead a Congressional delegation to southern Russia?

    • Michael Weiss
    • May 29, 2013
  • What the Aleksei Navalny Case Says About Life in Putin's Russia

    How a LiveJournal blogger became the Russian president's worst enemy.

    • Michael Weiss
    • April 22, 2013
  • Gudkov, Badkov: How a Russian Parliamentarian's Trip to America Rattled the Kremlin

    Dmitry Gudkov's condemnation exemplifies the ridiculousness of Putin-era witch hunts.

    • Michael Weiss
    • March 25, 2013
  • The Anti-Kremlin History of the Man Behind Putin's Adoption Ban

    Children's ombudsman Pavel Astakhov is now the face of Putin's Magnitsky retaliation law, but in a past life he was an anti-FSB advocate.

    • Michael Weiss
    • March 11, 2013
  • Tropical Hypocrisy: One Russian Lawmaker's Florida Real Estate Problem

    The chairman of Russia's ethics committee opposes foreign property holdings -- except for himself.

    • Michael Weiss
    • February 27, 2013
  • Corruption and Cover-Up in the Kremlin: The Anatoly Serdyukov Case

    How Russia's fired defense minister got away

    • Michael Weiss
    • January 29, 2013
  • Syrian Kurd Leader: Revolution Won't Succeed Without Minorities

    What Syria's largest minority means for the uprising, for the opposition leaders, and the country's future

    • Michael Weiss
    • January 20, 2012
  • Turkey's Hand in the Syrian Opposition

    The Turkish government would have every reason to try and steer Syria's activists, and it looks like they might be succeeding

    • Michael Weiss
    • October 26, 2011
  • A Syrian Activist Speaks From Damascus

    A young man involved in the opposition movement discusses the mood in Damascus, his torture, and what activists want from the outside world

    • Michael Weiss
    • August 29, 2011
  • Escape From Syria

    The story of a young opposition activist who says he had to flee for his life

    • Michael Weiss
    • July 26, 2011
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