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The Sunday Debate: It's time to bring Russia in from the cold: Rapprochement is in the West's best interests

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🗓️ 12 December 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re going back to 2017, with our debate "It's time to bring Russia in from the cold: Rapprochement is in the West's best interests". For this major event, Intelligence Squared put together a stellar line-up. Making the case for rapprochement with Russia was Vladimir Pozner, one of Russia’s best known television journalists and a former advocate for the Soviet Union, and Domitilla Sagramoso, a leading expert on security in Russia; arguing against them were Michael Hayden, former director of both the CIA and the NSA, and Radek Sikorski, who was Poland’s foreign minister from 2007 to 2014. The debate was chaired by BBC World News presenter Nik Gowing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You're listening to the Sunday debate on intelligence squared this week we're going back to 2017

1:17.8

When we stage the motion it's time to bring Russia in from the cold

1:21.2

Reproachment is in the West's best interests. It's a fascinating question and one that's especially pertinent in a week of

1:27.6

Escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine and a warning from President Biden of tough sanctions in the event of a Russian invasion

1:34.1

Now let's go to the host Ryder and Broadcaster Nick Gowing

1:37.3

Hello, I'm Nick Gowing. Welcome to this intelligence squared debate. The motion for this debate

1:43.1

It's time to bring Russia in from the cold

1:46.5

rapprochement is in the West's best interests

1:50.2

Well, Russia under President Putin has become an assertive interventionist power around the world

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