>"Peter and I lived through Vladimir Putin's rollback of Russian democracy 20 years ago ... and the time to defend democratic institutions is before they're taken away," says Susan Glasser.

>"I don't think that people have really processed how quickly this can happen."

[https://x.com/washingtonweek/status/1847433775933739470](https://x.com/washingtonweek/status/1847433775933739470)

I am glad that they are clear-eyed about this danger of a second Trump term! Peter and Susan have very powerful pens.