S8 Ep380: preview for later. Guest: Ivana Stradner, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Summary: Stradner suggests that while Putin is unlikely to militarily support Iran, he may soon challenge NATO in the Baltic states. She predicts Russia could use "false flag"
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🗓️ 27 January 2026
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preview for later. Guest: Ivana Stradner, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Summary: Stradner suggests that while Putin is unlikely to militarily support Iran, he may soon challenge NATO in the Baltic states. She predicts Russia could use "false flag" operations involving Russian speakers to test Western resolve and attempt to expose NATO as a "paper tiger".1898 Brussels
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batchelor, conversation with colleague Ivana Stradner of the Foundation for Defense |
| 0:05.6 | of Democracy, puzzling why Putin is not moving to protect Tehran from the obvious buildup of an |
| 0:12.8 | armada and an air fleet meant to punish or perhaps eliminate Tehran as an ally of Russia odd, but reasonable to assume that Putin has |
| 0:27.2 | something in mind, and Ivana makes a very good case for the future. Here's Ivana Stradner |
| 0:33.7 | on Putin not moving on Tehran, but more of this tonight. |
| 0:38.4 | Russia's Ministry of Defense is already talking, you know, about their ties to China and |
| 0:44.9 | how they're observing what has happened in Iran and Venezuela. |
| 0:49.5 | But if history is any indication, it actually tells us that Putin is unable and unwilling to help Iran, |
| 0:58.5 | just that he didn't help Venezuela. |
| 1:00.3 | But you are right that Putin is very vocal about his own neighborhood where there are Russian speakers, |
| 1:05.4 | which brings me to the next important topic, such as Putin has been trying to show that NATO is a paper |
| 1:12.9 | tiger. And I would not be surprised in the coming weeks, months, or years, however you |
| 1:19.2 | want to frame it, that Putin might actually challenge NATO in the Baltic states, allegedly |
| 1:26.3 | protecting Russian speakers and making false flag to make sure |
| 1:31.5 | that the West does not respond. |
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