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24. Is the U.S. Sleeping on Threats from Russia and China?
December 04, 2024
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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).