A Surprise Moscow Visit and Russia vs. the West with Hanna Notte
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The episode discusses CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow amidst rising tensions between Russia and NATO, featuring insights from Hanna Notte's book on the broader implications of the war in Ukraine.
Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe made a highly unusual visit to Moscow this week. Although we don’t know with certainty everything that was discussed, multiple reports now confirm that Ratcliffe went in part to warn Russia against attacking a NATO member or taking steps that could escalate tensions with the alliance.The trip to Moscow comes in the context of increasingly brazen Russian attacks on NATO member states. We've seen arson attacks, assassination attempts, and explosive-laden drones in and around German airports. NATO itself has been on high alert, with a significant increase in surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft operating along the eastern flank. And for the last several months, European intelligence chiefs and senior officials have been sounding the same alarm—namely, that Russia could test NATO even while the war in Ukraine continues.It is against this backdrop of tension between Russia and the West that Hanna Notte’s book, We Shall Outlast Them, arrives. In the book, published this August, Notte argues that the war in Ukraine has become part of a much broader battle of wills, and that Russia has refocused its state machinery around sustaining…
People in this episode
Guest: Hanna Notte
Topics covered
- Russia
- NATO
- Geopolitics
- Intelligence
- War in Ukraine
- International Relations
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Central Intelligence Agency, NATO
Places: Moscow, Germany, Ukraine
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