Fiona Hill on the War in Ukraine

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🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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How is Russian President Vladimir Putin assessing the unfolding conflict in the Middle East? And how will that impact Western support for Ukraine? Fiona Hill is just the person to ask. She’s advised both Democratic and Republican administrations on Russia policy and is currently a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Suggested reading: Fiona Hill: There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century Amy Mackinnon: What Putin Stands to Gain From Israel-Hamas War Ian S. Lustick: Vengeance Is Not a Policy Kenneth M. Pollack: The 1973 War Analogy Is Deeper Than You Think Howard W. French: Biden’s Unquestioning Support for Israel Could Be a Costly Error Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy's editor-in-chief. This is FP Live.
0:09.6	Welcome to the show. As Israel continues to bombard Gaza this week, and as the death toll rises
0:17.1	from the last three weeks of awfulness in the Middle East. One person is likely looking at
0:22.9	events from afar and gaming out how to cash in. And that's Russian President Vladimir Putin.
0:29.2	The war in the Middle East has thrown up several complicating factors for the war in Ukraine.
0:34.5	There's the issue of Western support and attention, and whether some of that could
0:38.7	be diverted. There's also the issue of how countries in the developing world, the so-called
0:44.5	global south, view these two wars and arrive at connections that are quite different from how
0:50.6	the White House sees it. We're also in the thick of the fog of war, and a lot can go
0:56.8	wrong. This is the moment when other dormant problems can suddenly become active. My guest this
1:03.2	week has really perceptive thoughts on all of this. She's someone I consider among the world's
1:08.5	best experts on Russia. Fiona Hill served as Senior Director for Europe and Russia on the National Security Council.
1:15.4	She was deputy assistant to President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2019
1:20.1	and then an impeachment witness against him in 2019.
1:24.5	She is the author of There is Nothing for You Here and the co-author of Mr. Putin, Operative in the Kremlin.
1:32.1	Remember, as the name of this podcast suggests, you can watch these interviews live on our website,
1:38.2	foreign policy.com slash live, and it's also in video there. If you use the code FP Live, you can get a discount when you
1:45.8	check out. For now, let's dive in.
1:51.0	Fiona Hill, welcome back to FP Live. Oh, thanks so much. Great to be with you.
1:55.8	Our pleasure. So Fiona, I thought we'd just begin with the Middle East. How do you think
2:00.5	Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking at what's going on?
2:04.6	Well, I think there are several aspects to this in terms of Putin's reactions and attitudes.
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