Foreign Office with Michael Weiss
Foreign Office is a weekly interview podcast hosted by Michael Weiss, from New Lines Magazine and Free Russia Foundation, dedicated to those ever-relevant subjects of Russian intelligence operations and active measures. Featured guests include prominent historians and scholars, journalists, diplomats, and ex-spies.
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Feb 23, 2022 • 58min
Foreign Office #50. Information war as a prelude to real war
Peter Pomerantsev and Vladislav Davidson discuss the messaging about an intending Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Feb 7, 2022 • 47min
Foreign Office #49. Russia Prepares the Battlespace in Ukraine
Hybrid War Expert Liubov Tsybulska on how Russia’s “imminent” invasion is already underway.
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Jan 24, 2022 • 46min
Foreign Office #48. A Likely Attack
Robert Lee, a Russian military analyst, says Putin's buildup at Ukraine's borders means only one thing: an invasion is coming.
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Jan 10, 2022 • 47min
Foreign Office #47. The Crisis in Kazakhstan
Human rights lawyer Steve Swerdlow and scholar Diana Kudaibergenova on the recent turmoil in the Central Asian republic.
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Dec 30, 2021 • 46min
Foreign Office #46. Putin’s Expendables
Journalists Holger Roonemaa and Mattias Carlsson discuss their joint investigation with @foreignoffpod into the notorious Russian mercenary corps.
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Dec 20, 2021 • 50min
Foreign Office #45. The Case Against Assange
National security attorney Mark Zaid explains the US government’s indictments of the Wikileaks founder, history of the Espionage Act, and why this case is unique.
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Oct 31, 2021 • 47min
Foreign Office #44. The State of Iraq
Newlines Institute senior analyst Rasha Al Qeedi dissects the results of the last election and how the country has changed since America's invasion.
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Oct 28, 2021 • 1h
Foreign Office #43. Once Bitten, Twice Bold
Ambassador Daniels Fried on why the US keeps making the same mistakes with Russia.
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Oct 18, 2021 • 1h 1min
Foreign Office #42. How the Kremlin Manipulates the Anti-Money Laundering System
Attorney Jonathan Reich explains how financial safeguards against criminality are being used to target Russian dissidents and exiles from Putin's regime.
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Oct 1, 2021 • 46min
Foreign Office #41. Why the American Right Loves Orban
Hungarian writer Peter Kreko explains how a Central European country of ten million became the lodestar for a new breed of North American conservative.
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