PREVIEW: Will Kaback interviews Ambassador John Sullivan
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Tangle Editor Will Kaback talked with Ambassador John Sullivan who gave a comprehensive overview of the current state of the Ukraine war, the implications for U.S. national security, and the challenges facing future administrations. They discussed the importance of supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression, critiques the political rhetoric surrounding the conflict, and reflects on his experiences in Moscow leading up to the invasion.
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| 1:01.8 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, |
| 1:08.8 | this is Tangle. |
| 1:20.0 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening, and welcome to the Tangle podcast. |
| 1:25.0 | My name's Will Keeback. |
| 1:26.1 | I'm one of Tangle's editors, and I'm really excited to share an interview I just conducted with John Sullivan, a fascinating figure in American foreign policy, somebody whose name you might not know, but who has had a hand in some of the most consequential foreign policy moments of the past decade. He served as the ambassador to Russia |
| 1:46.8 | under both President Trump and President Biden. He was also deputy secretary of state under President |
| 1:52.7 | Trump and temporarily served as acting Secretary of State at one point during his first term. |
| 1:57.8 | We talked about a wide range of issues related to Russia and Ukraine and the West. |
| 2:03.5 | We talked about his experience being in Moscow when the Ukraine war started. We talked about whether |
| 2:08.9 | the Biden administration made strategic mistakes that could have prevented Russia's invasion, |
| 2:13.8 | foreign policy challenges that President Trump will face in his second term that he didn't face during his first. |
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