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Foreign Office with Michael Weiss

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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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Foreign Office #65. On Ukraine's Military Adaptability 08.08.2022 41:58

Gen. Mick Ryan explains how Ukraine has handled Western weapons platforms, and why it's wisely gone back to a war of "corrosion" against Russian forces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #64. The Kyvian Reshuffle 01.08.2022 33:01

What’s behind Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s sacking of his SBU chief and Prosecutor General? Ukrainian journalist Viktor Kovalenko explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #63. The Fellas of NAFO 26.07.2022 35:54

How a dog avatar became a meme that chased a Russian ambassador off Twitter (for a while). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #62. On Coups and Illegals 21.07.2022 1:00:01

Former CIA officer Marc Polymeropolous discusses the capture of a GRU illegal trying to infiltrate the ICC -- and whether or not former National Security Adviser John Bolton could really plan a "coup." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #61. The Battle of Donbas 02.07.2022 49:50

War reporter Danny Gold on his time at Ukraine’s eastern front Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #60. What is Wrong With Germany? 26.05.2022 58:29

Benjamin Tallis explains the Sholz government's wobbliness on Ukraine and why old habits die hard in Berlin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #59. How Mapmaking Explains Conflicts 16.05.2022 55:05

Nathan Ruser combined open source intelligence and cartography to offer a more precise and explanatory visual of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #58. What Ukraine Has -- And What It Still Needs 10.05.2022 38:54

James Rushton, an independent national security analyst, on the Western weapons systems sent to help Ukraine defend the Donbas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #57. The Russian Dissident in Jail 13.04.2022 25:36

Evgenia Kara-Murza talks about her husband Vladimir's latest arrest in Moscow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #56. How Military Analysts Got Russia's War So Wrong 04.04.2022 52:52

Phillips O'Brien, a professor a strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews, on why so many overestimated Russia's military capability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #55. On Ukraine's Non-Neutrality 16.03.2022 33:24

Olexander Scherba, Ukraine's former ambassador to Vienna, on why his country will never be like Austria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #54. Putin’s Purge 13.03.2022 33:36

Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov on how the FSB’s Fifth Service is taking the blame for failure in Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #53. On Defending Kyiv 07.03.2022 28:49

Pavlo Kalyuk, the community organizer for Podil, explains why he isn't leaving Ukraine's besieged capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #52. Our Man in Kyiv 02.03.2022 26:35

British journalist John Sweeney reports from Ukraine's besieged capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #51. The view from Ukraine 23.02.2022 38:40

Agnieszka Legucka recently returned from Eastern Ukraine, offers her perspective of what happens next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #50. Information war as a prelude to real war 23.02.2022 57:40

Peter Pomerantsev and Vladislav Davidson discuss the messaging about an intending Russian invasion of Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #49. Russia Prepares the Battlespace in Ukraine 07.02.2022 46:39

Hybrid War Expert Liubov Tsybulska on how Russia’s “imminent” invasion is already underway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #48. A Likely Attack 24.01.2022 46:00

Robert Lee, a Russian military analyst, says Putin's buildup at Ukraine's borders means only one thing: an invasion is coming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #47. The Crisis in Kazakhstan 10.01.2022 47:02

Human rights lawyer Steve Swerdlow and scholar Diana Kudaibergenova on the recent turmoil in the Central Asian republic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #46. Putin’s Expendables 30.12.2021 46:12

Journalists Holger Roonemaa and Mattias Carlsson discuss their joint investigation with @foreignoffpod into the notorious Russian mercenary corps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #45. The Case Against Assange 20.12.2021 50:21

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #44. The State of Iraq 31.10.2021 46:39

Newlines Institute senior analyst Rasha Al Qeedi dissects the results of the last election and how the country has changed since America's invasion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #43. Once Bitten, Twice Bold 28.10.2021 1:00:13

Ambassador Daniels Fried on why the US keeps making the same mistakes with Russia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #42. How the Kremlin Manipulates the Anti-Money Laundering System 18.10.2021 1:01:21

Attorney Jonathan Reich explains how financial safeguards against criminality are being used to target Russian dissidents and exiles from Putin's regime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #41. Why the American Right Loves Orban 01.10.2021 46:00

Hungarian writer Peter Kreko explains how a Central European country of ten million became the lodestar for a new breed of North American conservative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices