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“Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East vs. West” – with Calder Walton
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:09:06
Publish Date: 2023-06-13 11:00:00
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Summary

Calder Walton (Website, Twitter) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss the 100-year intelligence war between the United States and Russia. Calder is the author of the new book, SPIES. 

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What You’ll Learn

Intelligence

  • The epic clash of intelligence systems
  • Russia’s assassination program then and now
  • The roots of Putinism 
  • China as “the Soviet Union on steroids”

Reflections

  • Cold War 2.0
  • Could it have been otherwise?

And much, much more …


Quotes of the Week

My conclusion, unfortunately, Andrew, is that looking at this large sweep of history that we have, not so much a Putin problem today, but a Russia problem. And the Russia problem has been persistent over a hundred years, which is why it makes me very cautious about speculation … Unfortunately, it seems to me that the Putin and the people he surrounds himself with in the Kremlin are all cut from this very similar cloth as he is. 


Resources 

SURFACE SKIM

*Headline Resource*

*SpyCasts*

*Beginner Resources*


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DEEPER DIVE

Books

  • Russian Intelligence, K. Riehle (NIU, 2022)
  • Putin’s People, C. Belton (William Collins, 2021)
  • Between Two Fires, J. Yaffa (Duggan Books, 2020)
  • The New Cold War, E. Lucas (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2014)

Primary Sources 

Oral Histories

*Wildcard Resource*

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