I might actually be able to participate in this since I am listening to the podcast right now and it's amazing!! I think my great uncle who had a lengthy career with MI5 is probably turning in his grave.
That will be fascinating! I had two little anecdotal experiences that made me wonder whether the British Tory party had fallen under the spell of Russian intelligence services.
I'll try to be there; it sounds really interesting. As many spies that we catch in Estonia - we are very good at counterintelligence - it's strange how few are unearthed in the western capitols.
Two things - have you given up on the Elephant Cage? I enjoyed it when you did it. If it just didn't work for your co-host, I suggest you could turn it into a weekly pod, and have a stable of guest hosts from different parts of the world that you could team up with to talk about what's going on in their region.
Second, I would suggest Michael Weiss for a future chat. I'm sure you could reach him through his website, if you are not mutuals on Twitter.
Given the number of hats I currently wear, it would be near impossible for me to do it regularly until the summer. But if you go with a rotation, I would happy to do it once a month. Of course, the latest news impacts us directly here. I also spent November and December in Kyrgyzstan doing research (and will probably go back in July), so I have plenty of observations I could share on Central Asia.
Any authoritarian state is bound to be more intent on and better at spying than a democratic one for the simple reason that authoritarians get so much practice spying on their own.
In light of this, Republicans ought to take notice lest they imagine the Trump administration has their gimlet eyes only on Democrats.
I might actually be able to participate in this since I am listening to the podcast right now and it's amazing!! I think my great uncle who had a lengthy career with MI5 is probably turning in his grave.
That will be fascinating! I had two little anecdotal experiences that made me wonder whether the British Tory party had fallen under the spell of Russian intelligence services.
This should be interested and I will try to be there. But it might be that I've been reading too many George Smiley novels...
I'll try to be there; it sounds really interesting. As many spies that we catch in Estonia - we are very good at counterintelligence - it's strange how few are unearthed in the western capitols.
Two things - have you given up on the Elephant Cage? I enjoyed it when you did it. If it just didn't work for your co-host, I suggest you could turn it into a weekly pod, and have a stable of guest hosts from different parts of the world that you could team up with to talk about what's going on in their region.
Second, I would suggest Michael Weiss for a future chat. I'm sure you could reach him through his website, if you are not mutuals on Twitter.
I have not given up on The Elephant Cage, but I need to find a completely reliable co-host. Would you like to be the co-host?
We've had Michael Weiss on! Put his name in the search bar, it'll come right up.
Now I see the podcast. I totally missed it; it was right after the invasion, and my wife and I were assisting Ukranian refugees at the time.
Given the number of hats I currently wear, it would be near impossible for me to do it regularly until the summer. But if you go with a rotation, I would happy to do it once a month. Of course, the latest news impacts us directly here. I also spent November and December in Kyrgyzstan doing research (and will probably go back in July), so I have plenty of observations I could share on Central Asia.
That would be fascinating. Hey, what did you make of the Kazakh former KGB guy's revelations on Facebook?
Any authoritarian state is bound to be more intent on and better at spying than a democratic one for the simple reason that authoritarians get so much practice spying on their own.
In light of this, Republicans ought to take notice lest they imagine the Trump administration has their gimlet eyes only on Democrats.
But the leopards told me they're not interested in MY face.