Power Trip

A Voter’s Guide to Russian Shenanigans

Despite a lagging military and weak economy, they remain a modern superpower thanks to information warfare.

Nicholas Grossman
GEN
Published in
9 min readOct 26, 2018

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Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

RRussia lost the Cold War and now finds itself in a difficult position. The United States sits atop the global power structure, with China closing the gap. The United States’…

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Nicholas Grossman
GEN
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Senior Editor at Arc Digital. Poli Sci prof (IR) at U. Illinois. Author of “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.