614. Is the U.S. Sleeping on Threats from Russia and China?
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5 Desember 2024
John J. Sullivan, a former State Department official and U.S. ambassador, says yes: “Our politicians aren’t leading — Republicans or Democrats.” He gives a firsthand account of a fateful Biden-Putin encounter, talks about his new book Midnight in Moscow, and predicts what a second Trump term means for Russia, Ukraine, China — and the U.S.
SOURCES:
John Sullivan, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State and former U.S. Ambassador to Russia.
RESOURCES:
Midnight in Moscow: A Memoir from the Front Lines of Russia's War Against the West, by John Sullivan (2024).
"The ‘Deathonomics’ Powering Russia’s War Machine," by Georgi Kantchev and Matthew Luxmoore (The Wall Street Journal, 2024).
War, by Bob Woodward (2024).
"On the Record: The U.S. Administration’s Actions on Russia," by Alina Polyakova and Filippos Letsas (Brookings, 2019).
"Why Economic Sanctions Still Do Not Work," by Robert A. Pape (International Security, 1998).
EXTRAS:
"The Suddenly Diplomatic Rahm Emanuel," by Freakonomics Radio (2023).
