Andrea Kendall-Taylor is a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). From 2015 to 2018, she served as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council. She specializes in Russian foreign and domestic policy, authoritarianism, and European security, and she regularly provides commentary and analysis on these issues. Michael Kofman is a Senior Research Scientist at CNA (Center for Naval Analyses) and a Fellow at the Wilson Center, Kennan Institute. His research is focused on the Russian armed forces, military analyses, security issues, and increasingly strategy. He runs a personal blog on the Russian military, defense spending, exercises and the like. Along with Andrea Kendall-Taylor, he co-wrote “Putin’s Point of No Return,” a Foreign Affairs article that examines Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategic calculations and their implications for the West.
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Episode 403
Andrea Taylor & Michael Kofman
Ending the Ukraine War: A Reset in U.S.-Russia Relations? | Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Michael Kofman
Andrea Kendall-Taylor is a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). From 2015 to 2018, she served as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council. She specializes in Russian foreign and domestic policy, authoritarianism, and European security, and she regularly provides commentary and analysis on these issues. Michael Kofman is a Senior Research Scientist at CNA (Center for Naval Analyses) and a Fellow at the Wilson Center, Kennan Institute. His research is focused on the Russian armed forces, military analyses, security issues, and increasingly strategy. He runs a personal blog on the Russian military, defense spending, exercises and the like. Along with Andrea Kendall-Taylor, he co-wrote “Putin’s Point of No Return,” a Foreign Affairs article that examines Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategic calculations and their implications for the West.
In Episode 403 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Russia and U.S. national security experts Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Michael Kofman about the peace talks between the United States and Russia to end the Ukraine war, and whether they are part of a larger vision by the Trump administration to reset American grand strategy and the global order.
Across the first and second hour of the podcast, Taylor, Kofman, and Kofinas discuss:
Ongoing negotiations in Saudi Arabia between the United States and Russia aimed at ending the Ukraine War
Russian factional politics
The future of Europe and European security
U.S.-China relations
U.S., Russian, and Chinese nuclear doctrines
The future of America’s alliance structures
The emergence of a new world order shaped by realpolitik, reciprocity, and a more transactional U.S. foreign policy
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Andrea Kendall-Taylor is a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). From 2015 to 2018, she served as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council. She specializes in Russian foreign and domestic policy, authoritarianism, and European security, and she regularly provides commentary and analysis on these issues.
Michael Kofman is a Senior Research Scientist at CNA (Center for Naval Analyses) and a Fellow at the Wilson Center, Kennan Institute. His research is focused on the Russian armed forces, military analyses, security issues, and increasingly strategy. He runs a personal blog on the Russian military, defense spending, exercises and the like. Along with Andrea Kendall-Taylor, he co-wrote “Putin’s Point of No Return,” a Foreign Affairs article that examines Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategic calculations and their implications for the West.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
