The Washington Roundtable’s Susan B. Glasser interviews the Russia expert Fiona Hill about Vladimir Putin’s long reign and Trump’s dismantling of American institutions. Hill, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, previously served in the National Security Council and National Intelligence Council. She gained national attention as a star witness during the first impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump, in 2019. Additionally, Hill, who is also a member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, talks with Glasser about the Trump Administration’s war on academic institutions.

This week’s reading:

“Did Trump Really Just Break Up with Putin?” by Susan B. Glasser
“Why a Devoted Justice Department Lawyer Became a Whistle-Blower,” by Ruth Marcus
“Sheldon Whitehouse’s Three-Hundredth Climate Warning,” by Elizabeth Kolbert
“The Supreme Court Sides with Trump Against the Judiciary,” by Ruth Marcus

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