The “This is Not Some Superpower Chessboard” Edition

Rational Security

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News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

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🗓️ 24 October 2015

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The European Court of Justice may have just knocked the surveillance state back on its heels. Is Russia a resurgent power in the Middle East? And one think tank fellow/podcaster has a bone to pick with Vladimir Putin.

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0:00.0	Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.
0:11.0	So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.
0:16.5	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply check the Uber app. Hello and welcome to Rational Security, this is not some superpower chessboard edition.
0:33.0	I'm Shane Harris of the Daily Beast.
0:35.0	I am not standing on a superpower chessboard right now.
0:38.0	I'm here in our Washington DC studio with my good friends Ben Wittis.
0:42.0	Hi Ben. Hey. Ben Wittis. Hi Ben.
0:43.0	Hey.
0:44.0	Ben you're looking very sporting today.
0:45.4	You're sporting some new accoutramal.
0:47.6	Uh, I am?
0:50.6	Yeah, on your head.
0:51.6	Oh, oh, oh, oh, I'm wearing glasses. You don't wear glasses?
0:56.3	Uh, yeah, I do. You do now? Yeah, I'm aging. Yeah, I'm aging.
0:59.2	I'm aging. They look very smart on you. Thank you.
1:03.0	They look very sharp. You mean they make him look smart?
1:05.0	Uh, well he...
1:07.0	He already looks pretty smart.
1:09.0	Maybe they make you look smarter.
1:11.0	Are you afraid they make him look dorky?
1:14.0	No.
1:15.0	I already look dorky.
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