Intelligence Matters

Putin's Choices in Ukraine: Former Top Pentagon Official Mike Vickers

Mar 2, 2022

45:03

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Putton's Main Goal Is to Extinguish Ukranian Sovereignty

02:41

You Crane of All the Nations, That Border Russia Is Special for Him, Right?

01:43

We Missed Red Putton for Most of the Bit Administration

01:56

Introduction

2min

Did He Miscalculate?

4min

I Think He's at Risk Militarily in Ucrane

2min

How to Make It More Likely That He Fails Militially?

2min

Is He at Risk Politically at Home?

3min

Could Putin Use Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine?

2min

I Think He'd React to 35 Over Ukrane, but There's a Risk?

3min

The Russians Might Invade Pakistan

2min

Putton's Main Goal Is to Extinguish Ukranian Sovereignty

3min

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You Crane of All the Nations, That Border Russia Is Special for Him, Right?

2min

11.

Kraine's Preference Was to Incorporate Ukraine Back Into Russia

2min

12.

Are We Dealing With the Same Guy or Not?

2min

13.

Is There Anything We Could Have Done to Deter This Invasion?

4min

14.

We Missed Red Putton for Most of the Bit Administration

2min

15.

I Think We Should Sanction the Energy Sector.

2min

16.

Is He in a Horrible Position?

2min

17.

Will Putin's Invasion of Tiananmen Make You Think Twice?

3min

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Mike Vickers, former Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, Special Forces officer and CIA operations officer. Vickers and Morell discuss whether and how Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine may have been a gross strategic miscalculation, how and when the West might have deterred his moves, and what future scenarios for the conflict exist. They discuss Putin's options and decision-making and how his pariah status will affect developments domestically and globally.

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