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  • Associate Professor in Political Theory, University of Birmingham
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December 5, 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to save communism, but he buried it instead

Richard Shorten, University of Birmingham

The death of the last leader of the Soviet Union brought tributes, largely from the west. But his real legacy has been misunderstood.
Putin: ‘Russia does not start wars, it ends them.’ EPA-EFE/stringer
March 17, 2022

Putin’s not a fascist, totalitarian or revolutionary – he’s a reactionary tyrant

Richard Shorten, University of Birmingham

In ideological terms, Putin’s regime is neither totalitarian nor fascist. But it is reactionary, and in a way that begs questions about the recent maltreatment of language in Western politics
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