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In a recent exchange for the New York Times, Russian expat Masha Gessen and paleoconservative Bret Stephens observed the improbable fact that they were largely in agreement.

They’ve been part of the paleoconservative liturgy since well back into the Cold War years, and were probably poured into his ear by some foreign policy dinosaur who still privately laments that “we lost China” and surrendered in Vietnam.

But “Know Your Enemy” appeals to socialists, Democrats and more than a few conservatives — some who have been guests — interested in right-wing thought including that of neoconservatives, so-called reformicons and a species known as the paleoconservative.

No matter how compelling your favorite right-wing radio host or paleoconservative podcaster might be, they’re not broadcasting 24 hours a day.

Buchanan went on to hail Putin as a Russian paleoconservative and argued that the West had encircled Russia.