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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Jake Sullivan Talks to David Remnick About Clinton and Putin

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Obama, Washington, Politics, President, Barack, Lizza, Wnyc, News, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2016

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The Russian and the United States governments have surveilled each other for decades. But according to Jake Sullivan, the top foreign-policy adviser to Hillary Clinton’s campaign, Putin’s likely approval of the Democratic Party’s e-mail hack signals a new frontier in provocation. Sullivan spoke with David Remnick about how the Clinton campaign has adapted under the omnipresent threat of hacking, and how Clinton would approach conflicts with Putin if she is elected President.

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I'm Dorothy Wickenden on. On today's Politics and More podcast, David Remnick talks to Jake Sullivan,

1:18.3

the top foreign policy advisor to the Clinton campaign. Sullivan discusses how Clinton would

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deal with the threats posed by Putin.

1:28.3

Now, over the last decade, Vladimir Putin has gained seemingly unshakable support in Russia,

1:35.3

partly because he's completely closed the press and partly because of his willingness to challenge the United States in Europe.

1:42.3

He invaded Ukraine and Georgia, former Soviet republics.

1:46.2

He sent bombers to intervene in the Syrian Civil War on behalf of the Assad regime.

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And he likely okayed the killing on British soil of a former KGB agent.

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And then, of course, there was the hack of the Democratic National Committee emails, very

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probably the work of a Russian hacker or hackers.

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Not since the Cold War has a U.S. election centered so much on the question of how to handle

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Russia and its political ambitions.

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