INSIDE THE KREMLIN'S GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY

About this episode

CIA officer Sean Wiswesser discusses the realities of Russian intelligence and its impact on global affairs.

CIA officer Sean Wiswesser joins host Tom Spahr to expose the reality of Russian intelligence. Moving past spy myths, they discuss how corruption and "active measures" shape the Kremlin's secret war from Ukraine to Western democracies. Sean's bookhttps://www.usni.org/press/books/tradecraft-tactics-and-dirty-tricks

People in this episode

Host: Tom Spahr

Guest: Sean Wiswesser

Topics covered

• Russian intelligence
• corruption
• active measures
• Kremlin
• spy myths
• secret war

Keywords

• Russian intelligence
• CIA
• Kremlin
• active measures
• corruption
• spy myths
• Ukraine
• Western democracies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA

Places: Ukraine, Western democracies

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