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.
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*
DEEPER DIVE
Books
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Russian Intelligence, K. Riehle (NIU, 2022)
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Putin’s People, C. Belton (William Collins, 2021)
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Between Two Fires, J. Yaffa (Duggan Books, 2020)
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The New Cold War, E. Lucas (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2014)
Primary Sources
Oral Histories
*Wildcard Resource*
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