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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 #40. Our Own Worst Enemy 31.08.2021 51:45

Atlantic contributor and USA Today columnist Tom Nichols discusses America's political and cultural dysfunction, and why there may not be a cure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #39. The Geopolitics of the New Afghanistan 30.08.2021 30:41

A scholar and expert on Afghanistan Kamran Bokhari explains how various countries will respond to the Taliban takeover, and what to do about ISIS-K. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #38. ISIS-K and the Taliban: It's Complicated 28.08.2021 42:09

Former US Army intelligence officer Michael Pregent on the terrorist threat from Afghanistan in the wake of two horrific suicide bombings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #37. Crisis and Credibility 20.08.2021 32:41

Mike Nelson, a U.S. war veteran and visiting fellow at the National Security Institute at George Mason University, discusses the pullout from Afghanistan. And America's place in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #36. America's Abandoned Allies 18.08.2021 36:35

Journalist and author Wesley Morgan explains how Afghans integral to the U.S. war effort have been left to a grim fate in a Taliban-run country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #35. Afghanistan, Before and After the Americans 17.08.2021 52:18

Afghanistan scholar and professor at the US Naval Postgraduate School Thomas Johnson explains how America bungled its longest war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #34. Why Vladimir Milov Is Optimistic 13.08.2021 47:42

Russia's former deputy energy minister discusses the political situation in Russia, and why Putin isn't as strong as he looks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #33. Tales from Odessa 11.08.2021 32:29

Author Vladislav Davidzon on a decade of writing about (and for) Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #32. The Biden-Russia Conundrum 04.08.2021 42:27

Veteran Russia expert James Sherr discusses the recent policy pivot on Nord Stream 2, and what the West doesn't understand when dealing with Moscow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #31. Sorge's Way 21.07.2021 49:58

Historian and biographer Owen Mathews on how Soviet master spy Richard Sorge infiltrated the Third Reich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #30. The Silent Weapon 21.06.2021 38:08

Former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos on being a victim of directed energy attacks, U.S. Russian relations, and his new book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #29. The View from Vilnius 26.05.2021 32:03

Former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicious discusses Belarus's hijacking of a commercial plane, and what the West needs to do about Minsk (and Moscow). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #28. A KGB Kidnapping 24.05.2021 28:58

Andrei Sannikov, a former Belarusian presidential candidate, explains Alexander Lukashenko's crazy plot to arrest a journalist by hijacking a RyanAir plane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #27. Microwaves and Bounties 19.05.2021 40:31

National security reporter Tom Rogan on why the CIA isn't giving up on the GRU 'bounties' claim, and on alleged directed energy attacks against Americans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #26. Explosions and Expulsions 05.05.2021 36:19

Czech analyst Jakub Janda on how Russian state terrorism on NATO soil has upended Prague's relationship with Moscow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #25. A 21st Century SMERSH 04.05.2021 27:01

Bellingcat's Christo Grozev on what the latest disclosures out of Bulgaria and Czechia tell us about GRU Unit 29155. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #24. The Professor and “Ivan” 26.04.2021 45:38

Nerma Jelacic, director of External Relations and Communications at Commission for International Justice and Accountability, explains how her NGO unmasked a Russian-back disinformation network on Syria — by pretending to be a Russian spy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #23. Of “Kostya” and Collusion 19.04.2021 39:59

RFE/RL’s Mike Eckel explains how the latest US sanctions on Russia advance what Mueller alleged about the Trump campaign’s ties to Moscow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #22. Will Russia Invade Ukraine (Again)? 12.04.2021 41:30

USIP Russia Director Don Jensen weighs the possible reason for Russia’s military buildup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #21. Strategic Miscommunication 29.03.2021 41:42

Analyst Monika Richter explains how Chinese government threats got an EU report on COVID-19 disinformation censored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #20. Disinformation and Its Discontents 22.03.2021 50:37

Johns Hopkins scholar and “Active Measures” author Thomas Rid on the DNI report on Russian meddling and how 2020 is different from 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #19. When a Hack is not an Attack 15.03.2021 48:08

Wired journalist Andy Greenberg on the SolarWinds hack and why cyberespionage is not cyber warfare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #18. The Pipeline from Hell 08.03.2021 45:42

Benjamin Schmitt, an energy security expert, argues Nord Stream 2 can and should be cancelled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #17. Canceling Navalny 25.02.2021 33:31

Russian journalist Yevgenia Albats — on Amnesty International’s decision to revoke Navalny’s prisoner of conscious status. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign Office #16. Mr. Jones and Me 23.02.2021 41:50

Andrea Chalupa, screenwriter of "Mr. Jones," on what inspired her to memorialize the journalist who uncovered Ukraine's terror-famine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices