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The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the participants, not of Reuters News. We are facing an enemy that is not looking for compromises.

All these non-democratic authoritarian, totalitarian, dictatorial regimes,

they need conflict, an ongoing conflict with the free world

to justify their very existence.

I recently got a chance to sit down with Gary Kasparov, perhaps the greatest chess player of all time,

as well as a leader of Russia's Democratic opposition to Vladimir Putin's regime.

While the interview was for another Reuters show, The Exchange,

I thought it might be interesting to war college listeners as well.

While we talked a bit about Kasparov's new book,

Winter is Coming, we mainly focused on the state of Russia, as well as US foreign policy.

You're listening to War College, a weekly discussion of a world in conflict focusing on the stories behind the front lines.

Here's your host, Jason Fields.

Hello and welcome to the Exchange. I'm your host Jason Fields. With me today is one of Russia's best

known opposition leaders and world chess champion, Gary Kasparov. Gary is the chairman

of New York-based Human Rights Foundation and he's the author of a new book,

Winter is Coming. Gary, thank you for joining me.

Thanks for inviting me.

So the title of your book is Winter is Coming and when you were thinking of the title were you talking

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