I agree. I did not even know this podcast existed until recently simply because I had not scrolled down my computer screen far enough to see it there! I've learned so much since starting to watch/listen to Shield of the Republic. Many know what a threat Tulsi Gabbard is. Tim has a podcast with Tom Nichols where Tom talks about her as well as he does at length in his Atlantic article.
I agree. I did not even know this podcast existed until recently simply because I had not scrolled down my computer screen far enough to see it there! I've learned so much since starting to watch/listen to Shield of the Republic. Many know what a threat Tulsi Gabbard is. Tim has a podcast with Tom Nichols where Tom talks about her as well as he does at length in his Atlantic article.
Fwiw, I wasnтАЩt paying that much attention to the Russia/Ukraine situation until January 2022 when the talk of an invasion started to break through. We went on a transatlantic cruise the week after the invasion and I had bought two books on the Russia/Ukraine problem in Miami before boarding the ship to read during the crossing. One was Timothy SnyderтАЩs тАЬThe Road to UnfreedomтАЭ, and the other was тАЬConflict in UkraineтАЭ by Rajan Menon and Eugene Rumer. Both were written after the 2014 invasion of Crimea and before the 2022 invasion, but they give an excellent overview of the roots of the conflict and why the war happened, both a history lesson and a political lesson. Over the course of that sea crossing I read both books and watched the early days of the war play out daily on BBC News on my stateroom tv. When I got home I discovered the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), at understandingwar.org and read their daily reports for the last two years. Because of this godawful election, I havenтАЩt been reading ISW that often the last 6 months, but I have kept up with Snyder, and added Anne Applebaum and Fiona Hill to my list. Also Serhii Plokhy at Harvard.
The whole argument that the US and NATO provoked Russia into invading Ukraine is such absolute nonsense that it sets my hair on fire. SullivanтАЩs implication that the bureaucracy in DC is incapable of seeing whatтАЩs really happening and who theyтАЩre really dealing with is equally infuriating. The US pursuing isolationism at this point is exactly what Putin wants, ie, get us off the stage and pulling out of Europe so he can move in. Finland and Sweden are now inside NATO, thank god, but they just last week issued new crisis management guidelines for their citizens that urge every household to supply themselves so they can survive for a one week minimum without any outside help in the event of a massive countrywide shutdown. Both countries anticipate being attacked by Russia in the next two to three years. If Gabbard and Trump are not in fact Russian agents, they are definitely Russian dupes, being played on a grand scale. Musk is one too. He may have a lot of IQ points, but he has very little common sense.
I read this book by Bill Browder back in 2016 - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22609522-red-notice - It's by no means an academic tome, but it does a great job of explaining what happened after the collapse of the Soviet Union and how Putin and friends run the country. An excellent read.
I didnтАЩt know this podcast existed until last night. And I didnтАЩt know anything about Sullivan, much less that he was TrumpтАЩs ambassador to Russia for two years and then BidenтАЩs for the next two years. Now IтАЩm going to buy his book. And I absolutely never heard of the two guys who interviewed him. IтАЩll have to go back and look at some of the other interviews. IтАЩm getting sick and tired of constantly having JVL, Tim and the rest shoved in my face every day. I miss Sarah, and I love Sam. But even Bill K is getting tiresome. I need more of this stuff. More meat, less vegetables.
I agree. I did not even know this podcast existed until recently simply because I had not scrolled down my computer screen far enough to see it there! I've learned so much since starting to watch/listen to Shield of the Republic. Many know what a threat Tulsi Gabbard is. Tim has a podcast with Tom Nichols where Tom talks about her as well as he does at length in his Atlantic article.
Fwiw, I wasnтАЩt paying that much attention to the Russia/Ukraine situation until January 2022 when the talk of an invasion started to break through. We went on a transatlantic cruise the week after the invasion and I had bought two books on the Russia/Ukraine problem in Miami before boarding the ship to read during the crossing. One was Timothy SnyderтАЩs тАЬThe Road to UnfreedomтАЭ, and the other was тАЬConflict in UkraineтАЭ by Rajan Menon and Eugene Rumer. Both were written after the 2014 invasion of Crimea and before the 2022 invasion, but they give an excellent overview of the roots of the conflict and why the war happened, both a history lesson and a political lesson. Over the course of that sea crossing I read both books and watched the early days of the war play out daily on BBC News on my stateroom tv. When I got home I discovered the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), at understandingwar.org and read their daily reports for the last two years. Because of this godawful election, I havenтАЩt been reading ISW that often the last 6 months, but I have kept up with Snyder, and added Anne Applebaum and Fiona Hill to my list. Also Serhii Plokhy at Harvard.
The whole argument that the US and NATO provoked Russia into invading Ukraine is such absolute nonsense that it sets my hair on fire. SullivanтАЩs implication that the bureaucracy in DC is incapable of seeing whatтАЩs really happening and who theyтАЩre really dealing with is equally infuriating. The US pursuing isolationism at this point is exactly what Putin wants, ie, get us off the stage and pulling out of Europe so he can move in. Finland and Sweden are now inside NATO, thank god, but they just last week issued new crisis management guidelines for their citizens that urge every household to supply themselves so they can survive for a one week minimum without any outside help in the event of a massive countrywide shutdown. Both countries anticipate being attacked by Russia in the next two to three years. If Gabbard and Trump are not in fact Russian agents, they are definitely Russian dupes, being played on a grand scale. Musk is one too. He may have a lot of IQ points, but he has very little common sense.
I read this book by Bill Browder back in 2016 - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22609522-red-notice - It's by no means an academic tome, but it does a great job of explaining what happened after the collapse of the Soviet Union and how Putin and friends run the country. An excellent read.
Yes, I've seen him interviewed on Amanpour & Co. He knows what the reality is also.
I didnтАЩt know this podcast existed until last night. And I didnтАЩt know anything about Sullivan, much less that he was TrumpтАЩs ambassador to Russia for two years and then BidenтАЩs for the next two years. Now IтАЩm going to buy his book. And I absolutely never heard of the two guys who interviewed him. IтАЩll have to go back and look at some of the other interviews. IтАЩm getting sick and tired of constantly having JVL, Tim and the rest shoved in my face every day. I miss Sarah, and I love Sam. But even Bill K is getting tiresome. I need more of this stuff. More meat, less vegetables.
You should watch some of the prior podcasts of theirs. They cover some very interesting historical territory. Worth the investment of time.
Thanks! I will!