The Jordan Harbinger Show

114: Michael McFaul | What It's Like to Stand Up to Putin

Oct 30, 2018

01:17:29

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Michael McFaul

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Role of Ambassadors in the 21st Century

2min

The Differences Between Ambassadors and Diplomats

3min

The First Hit Job They Did on Me

2min

The Importance of Separating Out What We Do

3min

The Paranoia of Vladimir Putin

2min

The Soviet Union: A Brief History

2min

How to Make Money in the Soviet Union

2min

The Soviet System and the Hard Currency Bookstore

2min

10.

The Three Musketeers

2min

11.

The Corruption of the Soviet System

2min

12.

The Politics of Drinking in Russia

3min

13.

Building Trust in Relationships

2min

14.

The Importance of Responding to Disinformation

2min

15.

How to Stay in a Hotel in Russia

2min

16.

How to Stay at the Ritz Carlton With Barack Obama

2min

17.

The Precautions We Used to Avoid the Russian Intelligence

2min

18.

How to Prepare for a Conversation With a World Leader

2min

19.

How to Prepare for a Call to Putin

2min

20.

The Pre-Brief Before the Medgetev Meeting

1min

21.

The Power of Timing Your Phone Call

2min

22.

The Importance of Preparedness

2min

23.

The Importance of Experts in Preparing for the Cold War

2min

24.

The Importance of Confidence in Language

2min

25.

The Importance of Being Off the Record

3min

26.

How to Be a Successful Political Appointee in Russia

2min

27.

The Advantages of a New Ambassador to Russia

2min

28.

The Advantages of Working for Obama

2min

29.

Hillary Clinton's Idea for Twitter

2min

30.

The Importance of Candor on Twitter

2min

31.

The Importance of Humor in Family Life

2min

32.

How to Deal With Disruptive People at the Embassy

2min

33.

Obama's Response to the McFall Speech

2min

34.

The Importance of Listening in on Conversations

2min

35.

The Dark Side of Being an Ambassador

2min

36.

The Importance of Replacing America

2min

37.

The Importance of Security in America

2min

38.

The Cultural and Historical Richness of Russia

2min

39.

Jason Russia 2019: A Great Country to Visit

2min

40.

How to Make Relationships Before You Need Them

2min

Michael McFaul (@McFaul) is a former US ambassador to Russia, a professor of political science at Stanford University, and author of New York Times Best Seller From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia.

What We Discuss with Michael McFaul:

What the role of an ambassador in the 21st century entails, how it differs from being a diplomat, and how it changes between administrations.
Ambassador McFaul's creative approach to problem-solving when confronted with relentless obstruction by Putin, and how he developed relationships and recruited allies in this hostile environment.
How ambassadors, government officials, and spies conduct their business and keep secrets overseas.
The exhaustive preparations and precautions that precede a meeting between two world leaders.
How to get inside the mind of another culture when doing business cross-culturally so you can be effective when you need to be.
And much more...

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