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# Michael D. Weiss

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## Michael D. Weiss


Weiss is the News Director at New Lines Magazine and coauthor of New York Times bestseller _ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror_. His forthcoming book is a history of the GRU, Russia's military intelligence service.


## Michael D. Weiss


* ![A Ukrainian police officer stands in front of a damaged residential block hit by an early morning missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine on Feb. 25, 2022.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5900cb05a5fae16e/698a22d416d884f550c3a5f7/ukraine-russia-ivasion-12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 25, 2022  
### [Even If Russia Wins, It Won't Do So Easily](https://time.com/6151673/russia-ukraine-invasion-putin/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Migrants gather to receive humanitarian aid in Grodno Region on the Belarusian-Polish border, Nov. 14.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcc167b3906407e6/698a1fc7e76ad21cb463983d/polish-belarusian-border-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 18, 2021  
### [How a Manufactured Migrant Crisis Showed That Europe's Last Dictator Can Rattle the EU](https://time.com/6121141/belarus-europe-migrants/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Protesters hold phones with flashlights turned on during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny in Moscow on April 21.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt071108a5864794cd/698a18f6929fad7e1abf7494/alexei-navalny-health-putin-ukraine-1-e1619115335192.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 22, 2021  
### [Russia Is Murdering Alexei Navalny in Plain Sight](https://time.com/5957441/russia-alexei-navalny-who-will-save-him/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Police officers confront crowds of protesters during the](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8173463f2af92c8a/698a16b2457a5250b1d64d9d/navalny-protests-russia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 27, 2021  
### [Navalny Is Succeeding Where Putin's Opponents Have Failed](https://time.com/5933718/alexey-navalny-putin-protests/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Protesters unfurl a banner in the colors of the former Belarus national flag as they call for the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1342101c8256a59a/698a119422fb85741be2b576/belarus-protests.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 21, 2020  
### [How Defiance in Belarus Became a Movement](https://time.com/5882099/defiance-movement-belarus/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  

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