Ukraine far outperforms Russia — on the lobbying front, in Washington
Both sides had been battling it out long before Moscow’s invasion, but it turned out money was no match for message in the end.
Faezeh Fathizadeh is a National Security/Foreign Influence Researcher for the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the Communications Director at the Rethinking Iran Initiative at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Faezeh is completing an M.A. in Social Work with concentrations in Global Social Development and Global Conflict Studies at the University of Chicago. Her research interests include the intersection of foreign policy and social policy.
Both sides had been battling it out long before Moscow’s invasion, but it turned out money was no match for message in the end.
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