Podcasts about The Moscow rules

Who will defend Europe? The answer should be obvious: Europe should be able to defend itself. Yet, for decades, most of the continent enjoyed a defence holiday, outsourcing protection to the United States while banking an increasingly illusory ‘peace dividend'. Now, after three decades of reducing armed forces and drawing down defence industries, Europe finds itself close to unprotected—while Russia is intent on continuing its war of expansion, and the US is distracted and divided. In Who Will Defend Europe?: An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent (Hurst & Co., 2024), Keir Giles lays out the stark choices facing leaders and societies as they confront the return of war in Europe. He explains how the West's unwillingness to confront Russia has nurtured the threat, and that Putin's ambition puts the whole continent at risk. He assesses the role and deficiencies of NATO as a guarantor of hard security, and whether the EU or coalitions of the willing can fill the gap. Above all, Giles emphasises the need for new leadership in defence of the free world after the US has stepped aside— and warns that the UK's brief moment of setting the pace for Europe has already been squandered. Keir Giles has advised governments worldwide on the Russian threat. A senior fellow with Chatham House's Russia and Eurasia Programme, and Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre, he is a regular commentator for the BBC and international media. His prescient books include What Deters Russia and Moscow Rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics

Who will defend Europe? The answer should be obvious: Europe should be able to defend itself. Yet, for decades, most of the continent enjoyed a defence holiday, outsourcing protection to the United States while banking an increasingly illusory ‘peace dividend'. Now, after three decades of reducing armed forces and drawing down defence industries, Europe finds itself close to unprotected—while Russia is intent on continuing its war of expansion, and the US is distracted and divided. In Who Will Defend Europe?: An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent (Hurst & Co., 2024), Keir Giles lays out the stark choices facing leaders and societies as they confront the return of war in Europe. He explains how the West's unwillingness to confront Russia has nurtured the threat, and that Putin's ambition puts the whole continent at risk. He assesses the role and deficiencies of NATO as a guarantor of hard security, and whether the EU or coalitions of the willing can fill the gap. Above all, Giles emphasises the need for new leadership in defence of the free world after the US has stepped aside— and warns that the UK's brief moment of setting the pace for Europe has already been squandered. Keir Giles has advised governments worldwide on the Russian threat. A senior fellow with Chatham House's Russia and Eurasia Programme, and Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre, he is a regular commentator for the BBC and international media. His prescient books include What Deters Russia and Moscow Rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Who will defend Europe? The answer should be obvious: Europe should be able to defend itself. Yet, for decades, most of the continent enjoyed a defence holiday, outsourcing protection to the United States while banking an increasingly illusory ‘peace dividend'. Now, after three decades of reducing armed forces and drawing down defence industries, Europe finds itself close to unprotected—while Russia is intent on continuing its war of expansion, and the US is distracted and divided. In Who Will Defend Europe?: An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent (Hurst & Co., 2024), Keir Giles lays out the stark choices facing leaders and societies as they confront the return of war in Europe. He explains how the West's unwillingness to confront Russia has nurtured the threat, and that Putin's ambition puts the whole continent at risk. He assesses the role and deficiencies of NATO as a guarantor of hard security, and whether the EU or coalitions of the willing can fill the gap. Above all, Giles emphasises the need for new leadership in defence of the free world after the US has stepped aside— and warns that the UK's brief moment of setting the pace for Europe has already been squandered. Keir Giles has advised governments worldwide on the Russian threat. A senior fellow with Chatham House's Russia and Eurasia Programme, and Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre, he is a regular commentator for the BBC and international media. His prescient books include What Deters Russia and Moscow Rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies

Who will defend Europe? The answer should be obvious: Europe should be able to defend itself. Yet, for decades, most of the continent enjoyed a defence holiday, outsourcing protection to the United States while banking an increasingly illusory ‘peace dividend'. Now, after three decades of reducing armed forces and drawing down defence industries, Europe finds itself close to unprotected—while Russia is intent on continuing its war of expansion, and the US is distracted and divided. In Who Will Defend Europe?: An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent (Hurst & Co., 2024), Keir Giles lays out the stark choices facing leaders and societies as they confront the return of war in Europe. He explains how the West's unwillingness to confront Russia has nurtured the threat, and that Putin's ambition puts the whole continent at risk. He assesses the role and deficiencies of NATO as a guarantor of hard security, and whether the EU or coalitions of the willing can fill the gap. Above all, Giles emphasises the need for new leadership in defence of the free world after the US has stepped aside— and warns that the UK's brief moment of setting the pace for Europe has already been squandered. Keir Giles has advised governments worldwide on the Russian threat. A senior fellow with Chatham House's Russia and Eurasia Programme, and Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre, he is a regular commentator for the BBC and international media. His prescient books include What Deters Russia and Moscow Rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/national-security

Who will defend Europe? The answer should be obvious: Europe should be able to defend itself. Yet, for decades, most of the continent enjoyed a defence holiday, outsourcing protection to the United States while banking an increasingly illusory ‘peace dividend'. Now, after three decades of reducing armed forces and drawing down defence industries, Europe finds itself close to unprotected—while Russia is intent on continuing its war of expansion, and the US is distracted and divided. In Who Will Defend Europe?: An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent (Hurst & Co., 2024), Keir Giles lays out the stark choices facing leaders and societies as they confront the return of war in Europe. He explains how the West's unwillingness to confront Russia has nurtured the threat, and that Putin's ambition puts the whole continent at risk. He assesses the role and deficiencies of NATO as a guarantor of hard security, and whether the EU or coalitions of the willing can fill the gap. Above all, Giles emphasises the need for new leadership in defence of the free world after the US has stepped aside— and warns that the UK's brief moment of setting the pace for Europe has already been squandered. Keir Giles has advised governments worldwide on the Russian threat. A senior fellow with Chatham House's Russia and Eurasia Programme, and Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre, he is a regular commentator for the BBC and international media. His prescient books include What Deters Russia and Moscow Rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Who will defend Europe? The answer should be obvious: Europe should be able to defend itself. Yet, for decades, most of the continent enjoyed a defence holiday, outsourcing protection to the United States while banking an increasingly illusory ‘peace dividend'. Now, after three decades of reducing armed forces and drawing down defence industries, Europe finds itself close to unprotected—while Russia is intent on continuing its war of expansion, and the US is distracted and divided. In Who Will Defend Europe?: An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent (Hurst & Co., 2024), Keir Giles lays out the stark choices facing leaders and societies as they confront the return of war in Europe. He explains how the West's unwillingness to confront Russia has nurtured the threat, and that Putin's ambition puts the whole continent at risk. He assesses the role and deficiencies of NATO as a guarantor of hard security, and whether the EU or coalitions of the willing can fill the gap. Above all, Giles emphasises the need for new leadership in defence of the free world after the US has stepped aside— and warns that the UK's brief moment of setting the pace for Europe has already been squandered. Keir Giles has advised governments worldwide on the Russian threat. A senior fellow with Chatham House's Russia and Eurasia Programme, and Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre, he is a regular commentator for the BBC and international media. His prescient books include What Deters Russia and Moscow Rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies

Who will defend Europe? The answer should be obvious: Europe should be able to defend itself. Yet, for decades, most of the continent enjoyed a defence holiday, outsourcing protection to the United States while banking an increasingly illusory ‘peace dividend'. Now, after three decades of reducing armed forces and drawing down defence industries, Europe finds itself close to unprotected—while Russia is intent on continuing its war of expansion, and the US is distracted and divided. In Who Will Defend Europe?: An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent (Hurst & Co., 2024), Keir Giles lays out the stark choices facing leaders and societies as they confront the return of war in Europe. He explains how the West's unwillingness to confront Russia has nurtured the threat, and that Putin's ambition puts the whole continent at risk. He assesses the role and deficiencies of NATO as a guarantor of hard security, and whether the EU or coalitions of the willing can fill the gap. Above all, Giles emphasises the need for new leadership in defence of the free world after the US has stepped aside— and warns that the UK's brief moment of setting the pace for Europe has already been squandered. Keir Giles has advised governments worldwide on the Russian threat. A senior fellow with Chatham House's Russia and Eurasia Programme, and Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre, he is a regular commentator for the BBC and international media. His prescient books include What Deters Russia and Moscow Rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who will defend Europe? The answer should be obvious: Europe should be able to defend itself. Yet, for decades, most of the continent enjoyed a defence holiday, outsourcing protection to the United States while banking an increasingly illusory ‘peace dividend'. Now, after three decades of reducing armed forces and drawing down defence industries, Europe finds itself close to unprotected—while Russia is intent on continuing its war of expansion, and the US is distracted and divided. In Who Will Defend Europe?: An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent (Hurst & Co., 2024), Keir Giles lays out the stark choices facing leaders and societies as they confront the return of war in Europe. He explains how the West's unwillingness to confront Russia has nurtured the threat, and that Putin's ambition puts the whole continent at risk. He assesses the role and deficiencies of NATO as a guarantor of hard security, and whether the EU or coalitions of the willing can fill the gap. Above all, Giles emphasises the need for new leadership in defence of the free world after the US has stepped aside— and warns that the UK's brief moment of setting the pace for Europe has already been squandered. Keir Giles has advised governments worldwide on the Russian threat. A senior fellow with Chatham House's Russia and Eurasia Programme, and Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre, he is a regular commentator for the BBC and international media. His prescient books include What Deters Russia and Moscow Rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 203 of the Thinklings Podcast! This is our last summer episode, so next week we will return to less truncated episodes. In today's episode, we do a brief summer recap along with our regular Books & Business! Thinkling Stearns discusses The Moscow Rules, a book about the Cold War. Random Tim reveals some random chickens, and Thinkling Carter mentions Fox and the Hound, A River Runs Through It, and Lord of the Rings! Main Topics in Episode 203: Books & Business The Moscow Rules – Jonna Mendez Tim's Chickens Fox and the Hound A River Runs Through It Lord of the Rings – Tolkien Deuteronomy 7 Final Meditation: Thinkling Little shares a meditation from Deuteronomy 7!

Ex-CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez reveals Cold War spy tactics, from high-tech masks to pop-up dummies, and risks faced by agents in Moscow! [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!] What We Discuss with Jonna Mendez: What was it like to work as a heavily surveilled CIA operative in the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War? Why did the United States have to rebuild its embassy in Moscow from the ground up in the early ’90s? How aspiring artists like Jonna and her late husband Antonio (played by Ben Affleck in Argo) got involved in working for the CIA. How the CIA recruits brilliant scientific minds to develop cutting-edge solutions when it can only offer a fraction of compensation offered by the private sector. The evolution of how disguise has come to be used in the intelligence community since the ’70s, and the role Jonna has taken in its progress. And much more… Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/1028 This Episode Is Brought To You By Our Fine Sponsors: jordanharbinger.com/deals Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course! Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! Subscribe to our once-a-week Wee Bit Wiser newsletter today and start filling your Wednesdays with wisdom! Do you even Reddit, bro? Join us at r/JordanHarbinger!

Spy novelists often make excellent moralists and the American writer Daniel Silva, author of the Gabriel Allon series of best-selling thrillers, is a particularly sharp critic of contemporary morals. His new Allon thriller, A Death in Cornwall, focuses on money laundering, murder and mayhem in the art world. The novel is set in the contemporary United Kingdom of the (once) ruling Tory party where international criminals use expensive art to feed their vanity and launder their ill gotten cash. This conversation with Silva is part one of our focus this week on the fetid underbelly of the international art scene. Tomorrow, we'll feature a conversation with the Scottish writer Andrew O'Hagan, author of Caledonian Road, about the moral corruption of not just the UK's politics and its cultural economy, but also of art critics themselves. Daniel Silva is the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, Prince of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant, Moscow Rules, The Defector, The Rembrandt Affair, Portrait of a Spy, The Fallen Angel, The English Girl, The Heist, and The English Spy. His books are published in more than thirty countries and are bestsellers around the world. He serves on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and lives in Florida with his wife, CNN special correspondent Jamie Gangel, and their two children, Lily and Nicholas.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

When Jonna Hiestand Mendez first joined the CIA, she still needed her husband's permission to open a bank account or shut off the gas to their apartment. Hired as a convenience to her CIA officer husband's career, she began by performing secretarial duties for the agency. But she didn't stay in the secretarial pool. Mendez's talent for espionage was clear, and she soon took on bigger and more significant roles at the CIA. She lived under cover and served tours of duty all over the globe, as well as at CIA headquarters. She confronted dangerous situations that called on her spy training: coming face to face with a rogue jihadi who had brought down an American plane, and helping steal a top-secret encryption machine from a Soviet embassy, among other high stakes situations. She became an international spy and ultimately the chief of disguise at the CIA's Office of Technical Service—a kind of female American version of James Bond's famous "Q." Now, the bestselling co-author of The Moscow Rules and Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy at the CIA and battling against the prevailing culture of sexism at the time, all while undertaking dangerous missions for America's safety during the height of the Cold War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Segui il tuo istinto e non dare mai niente per scontato. Ottime regole da applicare nella vita di tutti i giorni, direttamente dalla famose Regole di Mosca, quelle usate dalle spie durante la guerra fredda. Sono dieci, e io ve le racconto e poi fatene l'uso che volete, perché così, applicando le Regole di Mosca, potrete sentirvi anche voi dei personaggi di un romanzo, delle spie avventuriere anche quando andate al supermercato a vedere se è rimasto un panettone. Il mio regalo per voi in questo finale d'anno.TRASCRIZIONE [ENG translation below]Oggi si conclude un ciclo che è iniziato il primo gennaio con un regalo. Oggi, 31 dicembre, Voglio concludere con un altro regalo, concludere nel senso che i 3 minuti grezzi, come avrete notato, non è più giornaliero, ma lo faccio quando ho qualcosa da dire.Allora che regalo vi voglio fare oggi? È il regalo delle Regole di Mosca, che voi direte ma che sono queste Regole di Mosca? Sicuramente le conoscete, perché se avete mai guardato un film di spionaggio, o letto un libro di spionaggio, sicuramente si parlava, o comunque si applicavano le Regole di Mosca, che sono le regole da seguire per diventare una spia che non si fa catturare.Sono dieci, sono state codificate, ma non è che esistano così, insomma sono state codificate e io ve le racconto e poi fatene l'uso che volete, perché così, applicando le Regole di Mosca, potrete sentirvi anche voi dei personaggi di un romanzo, delle spie avventuriere anche quando andate al supermercato a fare la spesa.Allora la regola numero uno dice non date mai niente per scontato, e questa mi sembra una regola che si possa applicare tranquillamente anche nella nostra vita. Poi, non andare mai contro il tuo istinto, quando senti una cosa nello stomaco di pancia, che ti dice "mmm... questa cosa è un po'..." Ecco, seguite la pancia.La numero tre è che tutti potenzialmente sono controllati dal tuo nemico. Questo vuol dire di andarci piano, di andarci cauti, di non allargarsi mai troppo, di non raccontare cose che non si dovrebbero raccontare.Un'altra regola, non guardarti alle spalle, perché guardarsi alle spalle significa pensare di essere seguiti. E questa regola dice non guardatevi alle spalle perché non sei mai completamente solo o sola, c'è sempre qualcuno che ti guarda. Quindi il trionfo della paranoia più totale che tutti ti stanno guardando, tutti ti stanno spiando.La regola numero, cinque vai col flusso e mimetizzati, non dare nell'occhio, confondi tutti nella folla.Regola numero sei, varia sempre le cose che fai e non fare troppo spesso le stesse cose, quindi sii un po' imprevedibile.Numero sette, fai credere al tuo nemico che possa stare tranquillo, quindi dargli un falso senso di sicurezza.La numero otto, non prendertela con il tuo nemico, perché devi sempre rispettarlo. La numero nove, scegli tu il tempo, il momento e il luogo di agire, e la numero dieci tieni sempre le tue opzioni tutte aperte.Aggiungo una chiosa che queste che vi ho letto sono le Moscow rules in inglese, su Wikipedia, e ci sono altre quattro lingue; il cinese, il russo, il francese e il lombardo. Vi lascio a voi a pensare non lo so, se c'è qualcosa da pensare. Ci sentiremo ancora.TRANSLATIONToday we conclude a cycle that began on January 1 with a gift. Today, December 31, I want to conclude with another gift, conclude in the sense that the 3-minute podcast, as you may have noticed, is no longer daily, but I do it when I have something to say.So what gift do I want to give you today? It is the gift of the Moscow Rules, and you will wonder, what are these Moscow Rules? Surely you are familiar with them, because if you have ever watched a spy movie, or read a spy book, surely they talked about, or at least applied the Moscow Rules, which are the rules you have to follow to become a spy who does not get caught.There are ten of them, they have been codified, but it's not that they exist like that, in short they have been codified and I'll tell you about them and then make use of them as you wish, because then, applying the Moscow Rules, you can also feel like characters in a novel, adventurous spies even when you go to the supermarket to do your shopping.Then rule number one says never take anything for granted, and this seems to me to be a rule that can be safely applied in our lives as well. Then, never go against your instinct, when you feel a thing in your gut stomach, that says "mmm... this thing is a little..." That's it, follow your gut.Number three is that everyone is potentially controlled by your enemy. This means to tread lightly, to tread carefully, to never overextend yourself, to not tell things you should not tell.Another rule, do not look over your shoulder, because looking over your shoulder means thinking you are being followed. And this rule says don't look over your shoulder because you are never completely alone or lonely, there is always someone watching you. So the triumph of total paranoia that everybody is watching you, everybody is spying on you.Rule number, five go with the flow and blend in, be inconspicuous, and confuse everyone in the crowd.Rule number six, always vary the things you do and don't do the same things too often, so be a little unpredictable.Number seven, make your enemy think he can be comfortable, thus giving him a false sense of security.Number eight, don't pick on your enemy, because you must always respect him. Number nine, you choose the time, time, and place to act, and number ten always keep your options all open.I will add a caveat that these that I read to you are the Moscow rules in English, on Wikipedia, and there are four other languages; Chinese, Russian, French, and Lombard. I will leave you to think I don't know if there is anything to think about. We will be in touch again.LINK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moscow_rules

With the annexation of Crimea in 2014 as well the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia's place in the world is a matter of fierce debate among world leaders and analysts. For decades it was regarded as irrelevant since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but Vladimir Putin came to power with the intent of improving Russian influence on the world stage. How does the Russian leadership intend to achieve this goal of relevancy on the world stage? Keir Giles addresses these issues in Russia's War on Everybody: And What it Means for You (‎Bloomsbury Academic, 2023). Keir Giles is Senior Consulting Fellow for the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House and Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre. He has spent three decades explaining Russia, for the BBC, the UK Ministry of Defence, Chatham House, NATO and in the private sector. His previous publications include Russia's 'New' Tools for Confronting the West (2016), the Handbook of Russian Information Warfare (2016) and Moscow Rules (2019). Stephen Satkiewicz is an independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Analysis, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

With the annexation of Crimea in 2014 as well the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia's place in the world is a matter of fierce debate among world leaders and analysts. For decades it was regarded as irrelevant since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but Vladimir Putin came to power with the intent of improving Russian influence on the world stage. How does the Russian leadership intend to achieve this goal of relevancy on the world stage? Keir Giles addresses these issues in Russia's War on Everybody: And What it Means for You (‎Bloomsbury Academic, 2023). Keir Giles is Senior Consulting Fellow for the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House and Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre. He has spent three decades explaining Russia, for the BBC, the UK Ministry of Defence, Chatham House, NATO and in the private sector. His previous publications include Russia's 'New' Tools for Confronting the West (2016), the Handbook of Russian Information Warfare (2016) and Moscow Rules (2019). Stephen Satkiewicz is an independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Analysis, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

With the annexation of Crimea in 2014 as well the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia's place in the world is a matter of fierce debate among world leaders and analysts. For decades it was regarded as irrelevant since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but Vladimir Putin came to power with the intent of improving Russian influence on the world stage. How does the Russian leadership intend to achieve this goal of relevancy on the world stage? Keir Giles addresses these issues in Russia's War on Everybody: And What it Means for You (‎Bloomsbury Academic, 2023). Keir Giles is Senior Consulting Fellow for the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House and Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre. He has spent three decades explaining Russia, for the BBC, the UK Ministry of Defence, Chatham House, NATO and in the private sector. His previous publications include Russia's 'New' Tools for Confronting the West (2016), the Handbook of Russian Information Warfare (2016) and Moscow Rules (2019). Stephen Satkiewicz is an independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Analysis, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

With the annexation of Crimea in 2014 as well the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia's place in the world is a matter of fierce debate among world leaders and analysts. For decades it was regarded as irrelevant since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but Vladimir Putin came to power with the intent of improving Russian influence on the world stage. How does the Russian leadership intend to achieve this goal of relevancy on the world stage? Keir Giles addresses these issues in Russia's War on Everybody: And What it Means for You (‎Bloomsbury Academic, 2023). Keir Giles is Senior Consulting Fellow for the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House and Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre. He has spent three decades explaining Russia, for the BBC, the UK Ministry of Defence, Chatham House, NATO and in the private sector. His previous publications include Russia's 'New' Tools for Confronting the West (2016), the Handbook of Russian Information Warfare (2016) and Moscow Rules (2019). Stephen Satkiewicz is an independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Analysis, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies

With the annexation of Crimea in 2014 as well the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia's place in the world is a matter of fierce debate among world leaders and analysts. For decades it was regarded as irrelevant since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but Vladimir Putin came to power with the intent of improving Russian influence on the world stage. How does the Russian leadership intend to achieve this goal of relevancy on the world stage? Keir Giles addresses these issues in Russia's War on Everybody: And What it Means for You (‎Bloomsbury Academic, 2023). Keir Giles is Senior Consulting Fellow for the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House and Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre. He has spent three decades explaining Russia, for the BBC, the UK Ministry of Defence, Chatham House, NATO and in the private sector. His previous publications include Russia's 'New' Tools for Confronting the West (2016), the Handbook of Russian Information Warfare (2016) and Moscow Rules (2019). Stephen Satkiewicz is an independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Analysis, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies

With the annexation of Crimea in 2014 as well the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia's place in the world is a matter of fierce debate among world leaders and analysts. For decades it was regarded as irrelevant since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but Vladimir Putin came to power with the intent of improving Russian influence on the world stage. How does the Russian leadership intend to achieve this goal of relevancy on the world stage? Keir Giles addresses these issues in Russia's War on Everybody: And What it Means for You (‎Bloomsbury Academic, 2023). Keir Giles is Senior Consulting Fellow for the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House and Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre. He has spent three decades explaining Russia, for the BBC, the UK Ministry of Defence, Chatham House, NATO and in the private sector. His previous publications include Russia's 'New' Tools for Confronting the West (2016), the Handbook of Russian Information Warfare (2016) and Moscow Rules (2019). Stephen Satkiewicz is an independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Analysis, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Tracey is taking us on a tour of her past stories about amazing women from history. This week's episode includes the stories of groundbreaking baroque painter: Artemesia Gentileschi, iconic Black woman in Georgian society: Dido Elizabeth Belle, “The Terror of the South China Seas” pirate Ching Shih, and CIA's Moscow Rules made famous by Jonna Mendez.For the full history behind each story, check out the full Willing & Fable Episodes listed below:SourcesWilling and Fable Episodes:Episode 47 - Artemisia Gentileschi - If It's Not Baroque, Don't Fix ItEpisode 81 - Dido Elizabeth Belle - Black Representation in Georgian Society Episode 25 - Swashbuckling Ladies - Anne Bonny & Ching ShihEpisode 52 - Espionage - Mata Hari & The Moscow Rules

We're revisiting the Moscow Rules for the first book birthday of Duncan's short short collection, Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules. In the reading part of the episode, please be advised of some sexually explicit dialogue. For the 99-cent ebook sales mentioned in the podcast episode, you can find them at: Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules - amazon.com/dp/B093THXD7M Prologue to Terror - amazon.com/dp/B09ZHZXXF8

In this episode of The Interview, Hugh replays six of his favorite interviews with best-selling author Daniel Silva whose books have chronicled the rise of a revanchist Russia and paranoid Putin. Books in order of discussion: Moscow Rules (2008) The Defector (2009) The English Spy (2015) The Other Woman (2018) The New Girl (2019) The Cellist (2021) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Rzepczynski joins us today to discuss Trend Following versus Momentum strategies, the need to be humble about making economic forecasts, how Central Bank policies affect Trend Following performance, Cathie Wood and ARKK coming under pressure from the media, Trend Following on options, calculating a systems' risk-to-stop, vetting new investors for their ability to handle risk, hard data versus stories, when to apply the ‘Moscow rules'. ---- In this episode, we discuss: How Trend Following differs to momentum Avoiding the need to make predictions The Federal Reserve and its effects on Trend Following strategies ARKK's recent media scrutiny following recent poor performance Whether Trend Following can work on options How to calculate ‘risk-to-stop' Analysing new investors before accepting them as clients The “Moscow Rules' Follow Niels on https://twitter.com/toptraderslive (Twitter), https://www.linkedin.com/in/nielskaastruplarsen (LinkedIn), https://www.youtube.com/user/toptraderslive (YouTube) or via the https://www.toptradersunplugged.com/ (TTU website). IT's TRUE ? – most CIO's read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written https://www.toptradersunplugged.com/Ultimate (here). And you can get a free copy of my latest book “The Many Flavors of Trend Following” https://www.toptradersunplugged.com/flavor (here). Learn more about the Trend Barometer https://www.toptradersunplugged.com/resources/market-trends/ (here). Send your questions to info@toptradersunplugged.com And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on https://www.toptradersunplugged.com/reviewttu (iTunes) or https://open.spotify.com/show/2OnOvLbIV3AttbFLxuoaBW (Spotify) so more people can discover the podcast. Follow Mark on https://twitter.com/mrzepczynski (Twitter). ---- Episode TimeStamps: 00:00 – Intro 02:02  – Macro recap from Niels 04:39 – Weekly review of performance 23:00 – Q1; Zack : How should I calculate the risk-to-stop metric? 28:42 – Q2; Peregrin : Vetting new investors for their ability to handle risk  42:09 – Q3; Graham : Can you detail some of the definitions of a breakout? 47:24 – Trend Following versus Momentum 01:00:58 – Molecules of prices 01:08:31 – Data versus stories and when to apply the ‘Moscow Rules' 01:15:00 – Benchmark performance update 01:15:52 – A big thank you to listeners of the show for leaving your 5-star reviews on iTunes, and feel free to share our link with 3 of your like-minded friends: https://top-traders-unplugged.captivate.fm/listen (https://top-traders-unplugged.captivate.fm/listen) ---- PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 4 ways I can help you in your investment Journey: 1. My library of interviews with some of the world's best traders One of my favorite things is to hear these amazing investors tell their stories as well as what they have learned through their journey. https://www.toptradersunplugged.com/ (Click Here) 2. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about In my eBooks, I put together some of the key findings from my conversations with my peers as well as other experts in their respective field. https://www.toptradersunplugged.com/resources/ebooks/ (Click Here) 3. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score One of the things I'm really proud of, is the fact that I have each day published the Trend Barometer and Market Score...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! https://www.toptradersunplugged.com/resources/market-trends/ (Click Here) 4. Other Resources that can help you And if you are hungry for more great resources from the trend following word...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to...

From July 28, 2019: In the 1950s and 1960s, the Central Intelligence Agency had a major problem. The streets of Moscow were a virtually impossible operating environment due to heavy KGB surveillance and other operational difficulties. Through a series of trial and error, and a whole lot of ingenuity, along came the "Moscow rules," a series of technical advancements in the area of disguise and communications technology, and some different operating tradecraft that allowed CIA case officers to get the information they needed from Soviet sources to help the Cold War stay cold.Jonna Mendez is a former CIA Chief of Disguise, who is also a specialist in clandestine photography. Her 27-year career, for which she earned the CIA's Intelligence Commendation Medal, included operational disguise responsibilities in the most hostile theaters of the Cold War, including Moscow, and also took her into the Oval Office. She is the co-author, with her late husband Tony Mendez, of "The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics that Helped America Win the Cold War." David Priess spoke with Jonna about the experiences that she and her husband had at CIA, evolving the Moscow Rules, and applying these new disguises and technologies in the service of national security.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jack Devine's career at the CIA spanned from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, including the fall of President Salvador Allende in Chile in 1973, the  Iran–Contra affair  in the mid-1980s, and  the fight to push the Soviets out of Afghanistan  in the late 1980s. Devine would go on to run the Counter Narcotics Center  in the 1990s, and helped oversee capture  Pablo Escobar  in 1993. In this interview we talk about his initial impressions of Santiago in 1971, the vast difference between liberalism and communism, and he clarifies the extent and limitations of US involvement in both of Pinochet's coup attempts. In his book Spymasters Prism Jack suggests we need a new Moscow Rules and what they might look like. This is a wonderful discussion with an experienced spymaster himself who's knowledge of intelligence history drives vivid and prescient insights from the past into the future. Jack dispels some persistently inaccurate mythology, and also clarifies why code phrases need not be improvised. Jack Devine - The Arkin GroupIf you've enjoyed this episode and would like to hear more, please consider signing up as a contributing patron and join the community for exclusive commentary, transcripts and other content. A $10 a month donation will really keep us going ---> https://www.patreon.com/thelivedrop Alternatively, if you would like to keep us operational you could offer a one time donation of any amount right here ---> https://www.paypal.me/thelivedrop Welcome Leslie Rosiak and thanks for joining Patreon! Get bonus content on Patreon Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Un modo diverso per scoprire la città, a metà strada tra la caccia al ladro e la guida alla scoperta dei miei posti preferiti di Cagliari. Da godersi mentre si passeggia in città oppure da qualsiasi altra parte del mondo, attraverso un viaggio virtuale, in italiano e in inglese. E naturalmente è tutto gratuito. Provatelo!LINKCaccia all'uomo in italiano https://www.loquis.com/it/channel/515/Caccia+all+uomoManhunt (Caccia all'uomo in inglese) https://www.loquis.com/en/channel/530/ManhuntTESTO TRASCRITTO (English below)"Caccia all'uomo" è una appassionante rincorsa tra luoghi segreti e racconti nella città di Cagliari e della città di Cagliari. È un progetto editoriale che abbiamo messo su nel 2019 con Gianfranco, il mio compagno di avventure. Si tratta di 24 mini racconti, tutti durano pochi minuti, che si possono ascoltare in cuffia usando una app gratuita che si chiama Loquis, una app geo-taggata, per cui quando una persona si trova a Cagliari in uno dei luoghi dove viene raccontata una mini storia, la storia parte automaticamente in cuffia, però le stesse storie si possono ascoltare anche da casa tramite il computer da qualsiasi parte del mondo. Cos'ha di particolare caccia all'uomo? Che è una vera e propria caccia all'uomo, racconta una storia di segreti industriali rubati: questo furbacchione si è rubato i segreti dai suoi ex studenti delle start-up e li ha venduti, i segreti, al miglior offerente e "la Ditta" gli ha sguinzagliato una donna per riprendersi questi segreti e farlo fuori, e questa donna oltre che essere una persona che lo conosce molto bene era anche una sua ex studentessa ed ex amante. Tutte queste storie si dipanano tra le vie di Cagliari, tra i vari monumenti dove... Non è una guida turistica vera e propria, però diciamo che se una persona si fa tutto il percorso arriva a toccare delle parti di Cagliari belle, interessanti, quelle che... Io ci ho messo quelle che piacciono a me, quelle che io considero più belle e più interessanti. Mentre prosegue la storia, che dev'essere seguita dal numero uno al numero 24, perché é proprio in divenire, si racconta quello che succede con suspense, visite a vari mercati, spie che seguono, segni lasciati sul muro, sui pali, le regole di Mosca, insomma, è divertente. Esiste anche una versione in inglese, "Manhunt", vi metterò naturalmente, nelle note del programma dei tre minuti grezzi, tutte tutti i link, così se siete a Cagliari vi invito a farvi un giro, anche magari solo di un paio di tappe, e di farmi sapere come l'avete trovato, se invece siete da qualche altra parte del mondo potete farlo comunque sia in italiano che in inglese, vi prendete una mappa, una cartina anche di Google e ascoltate in contemporanea il racconto, e poi fatemi sapere se vi piace. A me piace molto, e ogni volta che per caso passo in uno dei punti geo-taggati è c'ho la app accesa e mi parte la mia voce in cuffia, è sempre una grande emozione, perché... No, sono dei bei racconti. Vabbè ora non mi metto a farmi i complimenti. Ascoltatelo.ENGLISH TRANSLATION"Manhunt" is an exciting chase among secret places and tales in the city and from the city of Cagliari. It is an editorial project that we set up in 2019 with Gianfranco, my partner in crime. There are 24 mini stories, all lasting a few minutes, which can be listened to through headphones using a free app called Loquis, a geo-tagged app, so when a person is in Cagliari in one of the places where a mini story is set, the audio starts automatically in the headphones, but the same stories can also be listened to from home, via the computer, from anywhere in the world. What is particular about “Manhunt”? That it is a real manhunt, it tells the story of stolen industrial secrets: this sly old fox stole some secrets from his former start-up students and sold them, the secrets, to the highest bidder and "the Firm" has unleashed a woman to get these secrets back, and to kill him, and this woman, as well as being a person who knows him very well, was also a former student and former lover. All these stories unfold through the streets of Cagliari, among the various monuments where ... well, it is not your usual tour guide, but let's say that if a person visits all the stops, they get to experience some beautiful, interesting parts of Cagliari, I put the places that I like, the ones that I consider the most beautiful and most interesting. As the story unfolds, it must be followed in sequence from number 1 to 24, because it is a storytelling that evolves, it is told with suspense, visits to various markets, spies that follow the characters, signs left on the wall, on the poles, Moscow Rules… in short, it is fun. There is also an English version, "Manhunt", I will of course put all the links in the notes of the uncut podcast (see link in description), so if you are in Cagliari, I invite you to take a tour, even if only for a couple of stops, and let me know what you think, if instead you are somewhere else in the world you can do it anyway both in Italian and in English, take a map, any Google map, and listen to the story at the same time, and then let me know if you like. I like it very much, and every time I pass by one of the geo-tagged points and I have the app on, and my voice starts in the headphones, it is always a great emotion, because ... Well, they are beautifully told stories. Oh well now I'm not going to compliment myself now. Just listen to it.

This week, our hosts discuss spycraft from around the world: the true story of Mata Hari , famed French double agent and courtesan, and the notorious 'Moscow Rules' that kept cold war CIA agents safe.Example of Traditional Indonesian Dancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MwDJR1iPuIIndonesian 90s - 2000s Top Songs on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/1AA83YxrweNqyiBOxPWU9W?si=bdd360d2b06f4c44Reappropriatehttp://reappropriate.co/2014/04/what-is-orientalism-and-how-is-it-also-racism/Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_espionagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_%C3%89poquehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_HariYouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3QDx30yBLghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu3Cb0nDr8gArt UKhttps://artuk.org/discover/stories/hedonism-absinthe-and-parisian-decadence-la-belle-poqueArtsy.nethttps://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-electricity-transformed-paris-artists-manet-degasTime Magazinehttps://time.com/4977634/mata-hari-true-history/International Spy Museumhttps://international-spy-museum.networkforgood.com/projects/26740-conserve-the-mata-hari-dressHistory.comhttps://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mata-hari-executedWashington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/10/15/i-am-ready-mata-hari-faced-a-firing-squad-for-spying-and-refused-a-blindfold/Eyewitness Historyhttp://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/matahari.htmCFRF Fashion Bookhttps://www.crfashionbook.com/culture/a28167871/absinthe-in-the-belle-epoque/NPRhttps://www.npr.org/2019/06/10/724099134/moscow-rules-how-the-cia-operated-under-the-watchful-eye-of-the-kgbThe Moscow Rules by Jonna and Tony Mendezhttps://bookshop.org/books/the-moscow-rules-the-secret-cia-tactics-that-helped-america-win-the-cold-war/9781541762183TEDx Talkshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cza9uQiFbU4&ab_channel=TEDxTalksWired https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD841NmJbjM&ab_channel=WIREDhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JASUsVY5YJ8&ab_channel=WIREDSpy Museum - Spys Eye View with Jonna Mendezhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bmPQWZqGuc&ab_channel=IntlSpyMuseumThe Master of Disguise https://www.themasterofdisguise.com/about/jonna-mendezAtlas Obscurahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0uAh02-vPU&ab_channel=AtlasObscura

Readings from the final two stories of Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules, a bit about the writing life, what's coming next month, and, of course, my COVID safety reminder.

Hollywood has James Bond, Jason Bourne, Jack Ryan, and Jack Bauer. But the real world has Jack Devine and he has a far more interesting story to tell. The author of Spymaster's Prism, Jack spent 32 years in the CIA as the Acting Director and Associate Director of the agency's Global Operations directorate. In those three decades he has led and orchestrated some of the most well known clandestine operations, including providing covert support to the Afghan mujahedeen fighting against the Soviet Union and hunting down drug kingpins like Pablo Escobar. Today he is fighting the next war in the cyber and information domains. Perhaps no one will ever be more qualified than Jack to talk about strategic thinking and leadership in dynamic environments. In this episode he joins our host, Fran Racioppi, to talk about the history of leadership in an ambiguous world, how to manage a host of various and eccentric personalities, and how the future security of our nation lies in our ability to protect our phones, computers and the information we consume on a daily basis. Read the full episode transcription here and learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website.Highlights-How organizations unify around a common mission, purpose and sense of importance around their work-The characteristics that make the best spies-History of the OSS, CIA, Jedburghs and the importance of intelligence in business and national security.-The different lenses leaders look through based on the experiences of their past.-The dangers of looking too myopically at our jobs, organizations and goals.-The importance of information in our problem evaluation and problem solving; and how to remove bias from our decision-making process.-The rise of insider threats to organizations, the risks posed from the loss of sensitive information, and how to develop controls to combat them.-The history of traitors within the CIA.-Tips and methods to manage a team of high performers with unique personalities.-The future threat of cyber and information warfare and how Russian meddling in US political affairs is on the rise. Quotes-“It's not that you can mass produce leadership.”-“To be an effective person you have to think strategy.”-“Information is what allows leaders to make informed decisions.”-“You need to have a culture.”-“Just give me the facts. I may not like them; but I will deal with them.”-“If you are going to be a leader, people need to say' he is the real thing'.”-“If there is no upside to the risk, don't take it.”-“It helps to have a persona.”-“If you strive for mass popularity you might not be able to make the tough decisions.”-“There were rules; called the Moscow Rules.”-“We did not meddle in each other's internal affairs.”-“Both parties need to come to a position of strength to have a real conversation.”Jack's three daily foundations of success-Take 10 minutes to think about what you are going to do strategically today-Have a strong handshake -Never take a picture with a drink in your hand

Lisa J. Porter has successfully lead some of the world's largest and most critical technology efforts. Her career started with a focus on academic rigor in pursuit of some of the toughest degrees, a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from MIT and a PhD in Applied Physics from Stanford. She would later lecture at MIT and then became a researcher for DARPA related projects, eventually becoming a DARPA program manager. Dr. Porter would later lead NASA's Aeronautics Portfolio, would become the first Director of the Intelligence Community's IARPA, became President at Teledyne Scientific and an EVP at In-Q-Tel, and then was named to be the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, an office which is essentially the CTO for the entire Department of Defense. She now co-leads a consultancy she formed with Michael Griffin (LogiQ).  In this OODAcast we explore Lisa's approach to leadership in the technology domain. Some themes from the discussion: Her comments throughout point to an ability to focus and decide what she would pursue with a determination to accomplish her goals. For example, early on she had a determination to dig into topics associated with solutions around future energy needs and pursued her undergraduate in nuclear engineering. She later acted on a determination to support national security. Like many others she faced a changing moment when the attacks of 9/11 happened. We review how Tony Tether looked her in the eye and convinced her to make the right choice and knew it was time to change. Through her career she was continually placed in situations where she needed to adapt and overcome and in every case rose to the occasion. She recounted several situations in her early career where she learned from role models, including previous generations of great technology leaders like George Heilmeier (famous for Heilmeier's Rules, which are pasted below), and Tony Tether. We discussed how some technologists are fantastic individual contributors but are not so good at leadership, and learn lessons on how we can all get better in our individual leadership abilities. We saw example after example of ways leaders are able to seek out others to learn from including learning how to do things differently. Technology leaders Lisa looked up to frequently had to take courageous stances because they knew they needed to and this theme of courage is one that applies to leaders across multiple domains of course, but in this case we dive in to examples Heilmeier and others gave Lisa. How to push for quality and setting standards and being willing to understand that some people might not like what you are doing and may not like you at all. This means it is never going to be easy to take on the role of leader. Strategies for avoiding mediocrity and pursuing excellence through application of leadership principles. Lessons in creating new organizations in government and the knife fights that come with that (and need for courage, clarity and transparency and drive to bring new capabilities into existence). The virtuous role of In-Q-Tel and the phenomenal job being done by Chris Darby and his team ( There is a secret to success discussed here that will almost certainly apply to any other organization that wants to perform at this level). Advice for CEOs on how to bring capabilities to the attention of government. How can leaders of large organizations generate positive change (using the example of DoD's need to pursue new strategy and actions around 5G). The one true job of a leader. Her view on securing systems "I have never seen a secure system, nor have you or anyone else." She underscored how the approach now known as zero trust is one she strongly endorses because it flows from the approaches used by the savvy for years, including the approach of the intelligence community operators who had to learn to operate in domains of no trust (see, for example, the Moscow Rules of Cybersecurity). Her view, yes raise defenses, but know that trust is a vulnerability and employe the zero trust philosophy. What is she reading? Marcus Aurelius and his meditations, which she most strongly recommends for its context and its inspiration. And Sapiens by Harari.   Heilmeier's Rules: Lisa discussed the courage she saw in leaders like George Heilmeier, including the courage to stand up to large interests that will try to push there parochial interests through decision-makers, at times trying to do so by throwing their weight around or bully or seek to claim some ultimate wisdom. One of the way Heilmeier dealt with that was to force all who came to DARPA with a new idea or request to answer a set of very simple to understand questions which are still in use today. These simple questions, now called Heilmeier's catechism or Heilmeier's rules, were not always simple to answer, especially if an idea was not firmly rooted. They are: What are you trying to do? Articulate your objectives using absolutely no jargon. How is it done today, and what are the limits of current practice? What is new in your approach and why do you think it will be successful? Who cares? If you are successful, what difference will it make? What are the risks? How much will it cost? How long will it take? What are the mid-term and final “exams” to check for success?

While we often take a long laughing look at how spies are depicted in fiction, some of the true stories are seriously wired. In this bite-size I Spied we look at the CIA’s operations in Moscow during the Cold War and some of the stranger devices they came up with to foil the KGB. How about a dog skin created by the CIA wig department? Or how rats were used to send messages. Fact is often stranger than fiction, and when it comes to US spies, a whole lot weirder! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This or That?! We’re Ellie and Traci, two bookish friends who read in every spare minute that we have!  In this episode, we will play a little reading game we like and force each other to make some real hard decisions!  Join us at instagram @literally_reading.  What we are Literally Reading: Rebecca (Traci) What You Wish For (Ellie) Happiness For Beginners What we are Literally Listening To: A Rogue of One's Own (Traci) Bridging Down the Duke  Paris is Always a Good Idea (Ellie) This or That: Tweet Cute Tell Me Three Things A Gentleman in Moscow Rules of Civility Such a Fun Age Dear Edward The One in a Million Boy J.K. Rowling Louise Penny Daisy Jones and the Six The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires  Agatha Christie Anthony Horowitz Peter Swanson  Reading Plans: The Penderwicks (Traci) The Moffats To Have and to Hoax (Ellie) Shop these links to support our local independent bookstore, Vroman’s.  Independent bookstores have taken a hit during Coronavirus...let’s support them and keep them open! 

In this episode, Bill shares a chapter out of our Rules of the Road curriculum we designed for pro athletes. We felt considering the current situation of the world, many of these ideas would be fitting for everyone. The topic is called the Moscow Rules, and these 10 simple rules were designed to keep CIA operators in one piece while they were operating in Moscow against some of the KGB's best agents. To find out more check us out at www.APG.team or contact us at info@APG.team Like, Share & Subscribe, so you never miss an episode! www.APG.team

In this episode, Bill shares a chapter out of our Rules of the Road curriculum we designed for pro athletes. We felt considering the current situation of the world, many of these ideas would be fitting for everyone. The topic is called the Moscow Rules, and these 10 simple rules were designed to keep CIA operators in one piece while they were operating in Moscow against some of the KGB’s best agents. To find out more check us out at www.APG.team or contact us at info@APG.team Like, Share & Subscribe, so you never miss an episode! www.APG.team

Hackers-for-hire find criminal work during the pandemic. The US Department of Energy is said to have taken possession of a Chinese-manufactured transformer. US President Trump may be considering an Executive Order about the legal status of social media. Contact-tracing apps in France and the UK are scrutinized for privacy. Ben Yelin from with the latest iPhone cracking case between the FBI and Apple. Our guest is retired CIA master of disguise Jonna Mendez on her book The Moscow Rules. Canada’s Centre for Cyber Security assesses current risks, and Huawei’s CFO loses a round in a Vancouver court. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief: https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/9/103

A researcher on a distant planet hurriedly takes notes on an indigenous life form. This episode is not explicit. Written by John Hunter Performed by Jackie Hedeman former Peace Corps volunteer, big ticket sales engineer, commercial graphic artist, packaging design consultant, recovering golfer and more recently, an award winning and produced scriptwriter. When not being fussed over or fussed at by the woman who shares my life, I enjoy riding a large German motorcycle as big as a parade float and storytelling. Jackie Hedeman holds a BA from Princeton University and an MFA from The Ohio State University. She was a 2018 Lambda Literary Emerging Writers Retreat Fellow, a 2019 Artist INC Live Lawrence fellow, and has been a resident writer at Sundress Academy for the Arts. Jackie is a 2019-2020 Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Resident. Jackie lives in Kansas where she writes grants by day and everything but poetry by night. She is currently at work on The Moscow Rules, a memoir charting the parallel threads of a lifelong fascination with the Cambridge Spies and a dawning awareness of her own queer sexuality. https://www.scriptrevolution.com/profiles/john-hunter TRANSCRIPT On the surface of a remote and frozen planet, a lone researcher named Sarah watches as dark spots form on the exterior wall of her laboratory. The spots slide down the wall and coalesce into a puddle when they reach the floor. As if directed, this puddle moves towards Sarah. Sarah makes hurried notes before jumping up on a chair. When the puddle reaches her chair, it forms vertical tendrils and climbs up the chair’s legs. Music by Chip Michael

Jonna Mendez is a former chief of disguise in the CIA's Office of Technical Service, and co-author of The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War. What We Discuss with Jonna Mendez: What was it like to work as a heavily surveilled CIA operative in the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War? Why did the United States have to rebuild its embassy in Moscow from the ground up in the early '90s? How aspiring artists like Jonna and her late husband Antonio (played by Ben Affleck in Argo) got involved in working for the CIA. How the CIA recruits brilliant scientific minds to develop cutting-edge solutions when it can only offer a fraction of compensation offered by the private sector. The evolution of how disguise has come to be used in the intelligence community since the '70s, and the role Jonna has taken in its progress. And much more... Full show notes and resources can be found here: https://jordanharbinger.com/344 Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world—and its place in it—that the West can best meet the new Russian challenge to the existing world order. Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West (Chatham House, 2019), by Chatham House Senior Russian expert, Keir Giles provides the sophisticated and curious reader a primer to help explain Putin's Russia. As per Giles, Russia and the West are like neighbors who never seem able to understand each other. A major reason, this book argues, is that Western leaders tend to think that Russia should act as a “rational” Western nation—even though Russian leaders, Tsars, Commissars and Presidents alike for centuries have thought and acted based on their country's much different history and traditions. Russia, through Western eyes, is unpredictable and irrational, when in fact its leaders from the Tsars to Putin almost always act in their own very predictable and rational ways. For Western leaders to try to engage with Russia without attempting to understand how Russians look at the world is a recipe for repeated disappointment and frequent crises. Keir Giles, describes how Russian leaders have used consistent doctrinal and strategic approaches to the rest of the world. These approaches may seem deeply alien in the Western world, but understanding them is essential for successful engagement with contemporary Russia. Giles argues that understanding how Moscow's leaders think and act—not just Vladimir Putin but his predecessors and eventual successors—will help their counterparts in the West develop a less crisis-prone and more productive relationship with Russia. Charles Coutinho has a doctorate in history from New York University. Where he studied with Tony Judt, Stewart Stehlin and McGeorge Bundy. His Ph. D. dissertation was on Anglo-American relations in the run-up to the Suez Crisis of 1956. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written recently for the Journal of Intelligence History and Chatham House's International Affairs. It you have a recent title to suggest for a podcast, please send an e-mail to Charlescoutinho@aol.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez to talk about operating in VERY denied areas, and her newest book, The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics that Helped America Win the Cold War. Buy The Moscow Rules from the Spy Museum Store (https://spymuseumstore.org/the-moscow-rules-the-secret-cia-tactics-that-helped-america-win-the-cold-war/)

From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world—and its place in it—that the West can best meet the new Russian challenge to the existing world order. Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West (Chatham House, 2019), by Chatham House Senior Russian expert, Keir Giles provides the sophisticated and curious reader a primer to help explain Putin’s Russia. As per Giles, Russia and the West are like neighbors who never seem able to understand each other. A major reason, this book argues, is that Western leaders tend to think that Russia should act as a “rational” Western nation—even though Russian leaders, Tsars, Commissars and Presidents alike for centuries have thought and acted based on their country’s much different history and traditions. Russia, through Western eyes, is unpredictable and irrational, when in fact its leaders from the Tsars to Putin almost always act in their own very predictable and rational ways. For Western leaders to try to engage with Russia without attempting to understand how Russians look at the world is a recipe for repeated disappointment and frequent crises. Keir Giles, describes how Russian leaders have used consistent doctrinal and strategic approaches to the rest of the world. These approaches may seem deeply alien in the Western world, but understanding them is essential for successful engagement with contemporary Russia. Giles argues that understanding how Moscow’s leaders think and act—not just Vladimir Putin but his predecessors and eventual successors—will help their counterparts in the West develop a less crisis-prone and more productive relationship with Russia. Charles Coutinho has a doctorate in history from New York University. Where he studied with Tony Judt, Stewart Stehlin and McGeorge Bundy. His Ph. D. dissertation was on Anglo-American relations in the run-up to the Suez Crisis of 1956. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written recently for the Journal of Intelligence History and Chatham House’s International Affairs. It you have a recent title to suggest for a podcast, please send an e-mail to Charlescoutinho@aol.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world—and its place in it—that the West can best meet the new Russian challenge to the existing world order. Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West (Chatham House, 2019), by Chatham House Senior Russian expert, Keir Giles provides the sophisticated and curious reader a primer to help explain Putin’s Russia. As per Giles, Russia and the West are like neighbors who never seem able to understand each other. A major reason, this book argues, is that Western leaders tend to think that Russia should act as a “rational” Western nation—even though Russian leaders, Tsars, Commissars and Presidents alike for centuries have thought and acted based on their country’s much different history and traditions. Russia, through Western eyes, is unpredictable and irrational, when in fact its leaders from the Tsars to Putin almost always act in their own very predictable and rational ways. For Western leaders to try to engage with Russia without attempting to understand how Russians look at the world is a recipe for repeated disappointment and frequent crises. Keir Giles, describes how Russian leaders have used consistent doctrinal and strategic approaches to the rest of the world. These approaches may seem deeply alien in the Western world, but understanding them is essential for successful engagement with contemporary Russia. Giles argues that understanding how Moscow’s leaders think and act—not just Vladimir Putin but his predecessors and eventual successors—will help their counterparts in the West develop a less crisis-prone and more productive relationship with Russia. Charles Coutinho has a doctorate in history from New York University. Where he studied with Tony Judt, Stewart Stehlin and McGeorge Bundy. His Ph. D. dissertation was on Anglo-American relations in the run-up to the Suez Crisis of 1956. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written recently for the Journal of Intelligence History and Chatham House’s International Affairs. It you have a recent title to suggest for a podcast, please send an e-mail to Charlescoutinho@aol.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world—and its place in it—that the West can best meet the new Russian challenge to the existing world order. Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West (Chatham House, 2019), by Chatham House Senior Russian expert, Keir Giles provides the sophisticated and curious reader a primer to help explain Putin’s Russia. As per Giles, Russia and the West are like neighbors who never seem able to understand each other. A major reason, this book argues, is that Western leaders tend to think that Russia should act as a “rational” Western nation—even though Russian leaders, Tsars, Commissars and Presidents alike for centuries have thought and acted based on their country’s much different history and traditions. Russia, through Western eyes, is unpredictable and irrational, when in fact its leaders from the Tsars to Putin almost always act in their own very predictable and rational ways. For Western leaders to try to engage with Russia without attempting to understand how Russians look at the world is a recipe for repeated disappointment and frequent crises. Keir Giles, describes how Russian leaders have used consistent doctrinal and strategic approaches to the rest of the world. These approaches may seem deeply alien in the Western world, but understanding them is essential for successful engagement with contemporary Russia. Giles argues that understanding how Moscow’s leaders think and act—not just Vladimir Putin but his predecessors and eventual successors—will help their counterparts in the West develop a less crisis-prone and more productive relationship with Russia. Charles Coutinho has a doctorate in history from New York University. Where he studied with Tony Judt, Stewart Stehlin and McGeorge Bundy. His Ph. D. dissertation was on Anglo-American relations in the run-up to the Suez Crisis of 1956. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written recently for the Journal of Intelligence History and Chatham House’s International Affairs. It you have a recent title to suggest for a podcast, please send an e-mail to Charlescoutinho@aol.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world—and its place in it—that the West can best meet the new Russian challenge to the existing world order. Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West (Chatham House, 2019), by Chatham House Senior Russian expert, Keir Giles provides the sophisticated and curious reader a primer to help explain Putin’s Russia. As per Giles, Russia and the West are like neighbors who never seem able to understand each other. A major reason, this book argues, is that Western leaders tend to think that Russia should act as a “rational” Western nation—even though Russian leaders, Tsars, Commissars and Presidents alike for centuries have thought and acted based on their country’s much different history and traditions. Russia, through Western eyes, is unpredictable and irrational, when in fact its leaders from the Tsars to Putin almost always act in their own very predictable and rational ways. For Western leaders to try to engage with Russia without attempting to understand how Russians look at the world is a recipe for repeated disappointment and frequent crises. Keir Giles, describes how Russian leaders have used consistent doctrinal and strategic approaches to the rest of the world. These approaches may seem deeply alien in the Western world, but understanding them is essential for successful engagement with contemporary Russia. Giles argues that understanding how Moscow’s leaders think and act—not just Vladimir Putin but his predecessors and eventual successors—will help their counterparts in the West develop a less crisis-prone and more productive relationship with Russia. Charles Coutinho has a doctorate in history from New York University. Where he studied with Tony Judt, Stewart Stehlin and McGeorge Bundy. His Ph. D. dissertation was on Anglo-American relations in the run-up to the Suez Crisis of 1956. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written recently for the Journal of Intelligence History and Chatham House’s International Affairs. It you have a recent title to suggest for a podcast, please send an e-mail to Charlescoutinho@aol.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world—and its place in it—that the West can best meet the new Russian challenge to the existing world order. Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West (Chatham House, 2019), by Chatham House Senior Russian expert, Keir Giles provides the sophisticated and curious reader a primer to help explain Putin’s Russia. As per Giles, Russia and the West are like neighbors who never seem able to understand each other. A major reason, this book argues, is that Western leaders tend to think that Russia should act as a “rational” Western nation—even though Russian leaders, Tsars, Commissars and Presidents alike for centuries have thought and acted based on their country’s much different history and traditions. Russia, through Western eyes, is unpredictable and irrational, when in fact its leaders from the Tsars to Putin almost always act in their own very predictable and rational ways. For Western leaders to try to engage with Russia without attempting to understand how Russians look at the world is a recipe for repeated disappointment and frequent crises. Keir Giles, describes how Russian leaders have used consistent doctrinal and strategic approaches to the rest of the world. These approaches may seem deeply alien in the Western world, but understanding them is essential for successful engagement with contemporary Russia. Giles argues that understanding how Moscow’s leaders think and act—not just Vladimir Putin but his predecessors and eventual successors—will help their counterparts in the West develop a less crisis-prone and more productive relationship with Russia. Charles Coutinho has a doctorate in history from New York University. Where he studied with Tony Judt, Stewart Stehlin and McGeorge Bundy. His Ph. D. dissertation was on Anglo-American relations in the run-up to the Suez Crisis of 1956. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written recently for the Journal of Intelligence History and Chatham House’s International Affairs. It you have a recent title to suggest for a podcast, please send an e-mail to Charlescoutinho@aol.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world—and its place in it—that the West can best meet the new Russian challenge to the existing world order. Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West (Chatham House, 2019), by Chatham House Senior Russian expert, Keir Giles provides the sophisticated and curious reader a primer to help explain Putin’s Russia. As per Giles, Russia and the West are like neighbors who never seem able to understand each other. A major reason, this book argues, is that Western leaders tend to think that Russia should act as a “rational” Western nation—even though Russian leaders, Tsars, Commissars and Presidents alike for centuries have thought and acted based on their country’s much different history and traditions. Russia, through Western eyes, is unpredictable and irrational, when in fact its leaders from the Tsars to Putin almost always act in their own very predictable and rational ways. For Western leaders to try to engage with Russia without attempting to understand how Russians look at the world is a recipe for repeated disappointment and frequent crises. Keir Giles, describes how Russian leaders have used consistent doctrinal and strategic approaches to the rest of the world. These approaches may seem deeply alien in the Western world, but understanding them is essential for successful engagement with contemporary Russia. Giles argues that understanding how Moscow’s leaders think and act—not just Vladimir Putin but his predecessors and eventual successors—will help their counterparts in the West develop a less crisis-prone and more productive relationship with Russia. Charles Coutinho has a doctorate in history from New York University. Where he studied with Tony Judt, Stewart Stehlin and McGeorge Bundy. His Ph. D. dissertation was on Anglo-American relations in the run-up to the Suez Crisis of 1956. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written recently for the Journal of Intelligence History and Chatham House’s International Affairs. It you have a recent title to suggest for a podcast, please send an e-mail to Charlescoutinho@aol.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world—and its place in it—that the West can best meet the new Russian challenge to the existing world order. Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West (Chatham House, 2019), by Chatham House Senior Russian expert, Keir Giles provides the sophisticated and curious reader a primer to help explain Putin's Russia. As per Giles, Russia and the West are like neighbors who never seem able to understand each other. A major reason, this book argues, is that Western leaders tend to think that Russia should act as a “rational” Western nation—even though Russian leaders, Tsars, Commissars and Presidents alike for centuries have thought and acted based on their country's much different history and traditions. Russia, through Western eyes, is unpredictable and irrational, when in fact its leaders from the Tsars to Putin almost always act in their own very predictable and rational ways. For Western leaders to try to engage with Russia without attempting to understand how Russians look at the world is a recipe for repeated disappointment and frequent crises. Keir Giles, describes how Russian leaders have used consistent doctrinal and strategic approaches to the rest of the world. These approaches may seem deeply alien in the Western world, but understanding them is essential for successful engagement with contemporary Russia. Giles argues that understanding how Moscow's leaders think and act—not just Vladimir Putin but his predecessors and eventual successors—will help their counterparts in the West develop a less crisis-prone and more productive relationship with Russia. Charles Coutinho has a doctorate in history from New York University. Where he studied with Tony Judt, Stewart Stehlin and McGeorge Bundy. His Ph. D. dissertation was on Anglo-American relations in the run-up to the Suez Crisis of 1956. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written recently for the Journal of Intelligence History and Chatham House's International Affairs. It you have a recent title to suggest for a podcast, please send an e-mail to Charlescoutinho@aol.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former CIA Disguise Chief Jonna Mendez joins Major this week for lunch at Il Canale in Georgetown - the DC neighborhood she refers to as her old stomping grounds. Mendez reveals the keys to being a superb CIA agent - particularly in Moscow, where virtually no place is safe from surveillance. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee - and sting like hell, she says. Plus, her personal involvement in the Academy Award winning 2012, movie Argo.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the Central Intelligence Agency had a major problem. The streets of Moscow were a virtually impossible operating environment due to heavy KGB surveillance and other operational difficulties. Through a series of trial and error, and a whole lot of ingenuity, along came the "Moscow rules," a series of technical advancements in the area of disguise and communications technology, and some different operating tradecraft that allowed CIA case officers to get the information they needed from Soviet sources to help the Cold War stay cold. Jonna Mendez is a former CIA Chief of Disguise, who is also a specialist in clandestine photography. Her 27-year career, for which she earned the CIA's Intelligence Commendation Medal, included operational disguise responsibilities in the most hostile theaters of the Cold War, including Moscow, and also took her into the Oval Office. She is the co-author, with her late husband Tony Mendez, of "The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics that Helped America Win the Cold War." David Priess spoke with Jonna about the experiences that she and her husband had at CIA, evolving the Moscow Rules, and applying these new disguises and technologies in the service of national security.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva is “quite simply the best” (Kansas City Star) writer of foreign intrigue and suspense at work today—and his iconic creation Gabriel Allon is “one of fiction’s greatest spies” (Kirkus Reviews). Silva’s twenty-second novel, THE NEW GIRL (published by HarperCollins) finds Allon, the legendary chief of Israeli intelligence, in the most unlikely of alliances, helping the controversial, much-maligned crown prince of Saudi Arabia recover his kidnapped daughter. What Gabriel encounters is a deadly secret war for control of the Middle East—with not only the life of a child but also one of the world’s most powerful, wealthiest thrones hanging in the balance. About THE NEW GIRL It begins at an exclusive private school in Geneva, where a beautiful student of mysterious origins disappears one day after being picked up by her security detail. She is the daughter of Khalid bin Mohammed, the much-maligned crown prince of Saudi Arabia. KBM, as he is known to much of the world, turns to an unlikely person to help him get the girl back alive: Gabriel Allon, now the head of Israeli intelligence and no ally to oppressive Islamic states. Despite his excesses and the rumors of his brutality, KBM has pledged to finally break the bond between the Kingdom and radical Islam. For that reason alone, Gabriel considers him a valuable if flawed partner. Together these strange bedfellows will face a deadly secret war not only for the Saudi throne, but for control of the Middle East. BIO: Daniel Silva is the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, Prince of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant, Moscow Rules, The Defector, The Rembrandt Affair, Portrait of a Spy, The Fallen Angel, The English Girl, The Heist, The English Spy, The Black Widow, House of Spies, and The Other Woman. Silva’s books have been translated into more than thirty languages and are bestsellers around the world. He has been interviewed on hundreds of radio and television programs, including NBC, CBS, ABC, NPR, CNN, Fox, and MSNBC, to discuss his books as well as politics, terrorism, and the Middle East. He resides in Florida with his wife, television journalist Jamie Gangel, and their twins, Lily and Nicholas. Photo Credit: Marco Grob. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-richards/support

Book review: Moscow Rules by A. Mendez (former CIA operative and master of disguise) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ogb/support

The action-packed, technology-filled life of spies can be intoxicating to read about or watch on TV. Nowadays, it is hard to imagine these kinds of scenes playing out in real life—but for Jonna Mendez, a former covert operative in the Soviet Union and former chief of disguise for the CIA, everything from complex disguises to “Spiderman” rappelling technology to high-speed car chases were part of her daily life. Her new book, The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War, recounts the most exciting parts of the job, as well as the moments with the highest stakes for U.S. interests. Together with her co-author and husband Antonio Mendez, she explains the techniques and technologies that helped the Americans get one step ahead of the KGB. Join us for a conversation with a real-life CIA spy about her experiences as a covert operative and her role in the advancement of the American intelligence strategy that helped America win the Cold War. This program is part of our Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPEAKERS Jonna Mendez Former Chief of Disguise, CIA; Co-Author, The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped American Win the Cold War In Conversation with John Diaz Editorial Page Editor, San Francisco Chronicle This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco on June 25th, 2019.

Former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez talks about the exciting tactics used by American agents in Moscow during the height of the Cold War.

The legendary woman, who created some of the CIA's most ingenious disguises, talks about the rules of the road for U.S. spies in Moscow, her career and her famous husband, the late Tony Mendez of "Argo" fame.

Undercurrents returns this week with interviews on the ongoing trade dispute between the EU and US, and the underlying factors driving Russian foreign policy.  Agnes discusses a new Chatham House report by Marianne Schneider-Petsinger from the US & Americas Programme, assessing the future EU-US trade after the fall of TTIP.  Then Ben explores modern Russian foreign policy and how the West should respond with Keir Giles, a Senior Consulting Fellow in the Russia & Eurasia Programme. The discussion draws on Keir's new book for the Chatham House Insights series, Moscow Rules.   Read the Chatham House Research Paper: US–EU Trade Relations in the Trump Era: Which Way Forward? Find the book: Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West

Undercurrents returns this week with interviews on the ongoing trade dispute between the EU and US, and the underlying factors driving Russian foreign policy.  Agnes discusses a new Chatham House report by Marianne Schneider-Petsinger from the US & Americas Programme, assessing the future EU-US trade after the fall of TTIP.  Then Ben explores modern Russian foreign policy and how the West should respond with Keir Giles, a Senior Consulting Fellow in the Russia & Eurasia Programme. The discussion draws on Keir's new book for the Chatham House Insights series, Moscow Rules.   Read the Chatham House Research Paper: US–EU Trade Relations in the Trump Era: Which Way Forward? Find the book: Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West

https://pod.mittmedia.se/pod/filer/podd_72-54_KEIR.mp3 Podden finns att lyssna på iTunes, Acast och Spotify! One of the leading Russia expert in the Western World is Keir Giles, and he is now explaining the conflict between Russia and the West and what drives Russia to confront the west. Keir Giles was in Stockholm for his booklaunch of Moscow Rules. You can see the … Fortsätt läsa #54 Moscow Rules by Keir Giles and together with Oscar Jonsson Inlägget #54 Moscow Rules by Keir Giles and together with Oscar Jonsson dök först upp på Podd72.

Robert Moss is the pioneer of Active Dreaming, an original synthesis of shamanism and modern dreamwork. Born in Australia, he survived three near-death experiences in childhood. He leads popular seminars all over the world, including a three-year training for teachers of Active Dreaming and lively online courses for The Shift Network. A former lecturer in ancient history at the Australian National University, he is a best-selling novelist, journalist and independent scholar. His many books on dreaming, shamanism and imagination include Conscious Dreaming, Dreamways of the Iroquois, The Three "Only" Things: Tapping the Power of Dreams, Coincidence and Imagination, The Secret History of Dreaming, Dreamgates, Active Dreaming, Dreaming the Soul Back Home, and "The Boy Who Died and Came Back: Adventures of a Dream Archaeologist in the Multiverse." His latest book is "Sidewalk Oracles: Playing with Signs, Symbols and Synchronicity in Everyday Life."Moss is also the author of Here, Everything Is Dreaming: Poems and Stories (Excelsion Editions, 2013). Moss describes himself as "a dream teacher, on a path for which there has been no career track in our culture." He identifies the great watershed in his adult life as a sequence of visionary events that unfolded in 1987-1988, after he decided to leave the world of big cities and the fast-track life of a popular novelist (already the author of four New York Times bestsellers, including Moscow Rules) and put down roots on a farm in the upper Hudson Valley of New York. Moss started dreaming in a language he did not know that proved to be an archaic form of the Mohawk language. Helped by native speakers to interpret his dreams, Moss came to believe that they had put him in touch with an ancient healer - a woman of power - and that they were calling him to a different life.His latest book is called, "Mysterious Realities: A Dream Traveler's Tales from the Imaginal Realm "

Let's slow down the tempo for this episode, with some great deep house, tech house and electro house, with 10 exclusive mash-ups! 1 – Burn w/ Teenage Crime (RAKast exclusive mash) – Ryan Davis (Matthias Mayer remix) vs Adrien Lux 2 – Acamar together (RAKast exclusive mash) – Frankey & Sandrino vs Axwell / Ingrosso 3 – Insolite Armonie w/ Rinse & Repeat (RAKast exclusive mash) – Andy Bros vs Riton & Kah-Lo 4 – Pleiadi w/ Barricade (RAKast exclusive mash) – Andy Bros vs Axwell 5 – On your Mark w/ Dark River (RAKast exclusive mash) – Gregor Salto & Wiwek (Mike Cervello Remix) vs Ingrosso 6 – Essenza – Andy Bros 7 – Another Day – David Keno 8 – Crocodile Tears w/ Habits (RAKast exclusive mash) – Kryder vs Tove Lo 9 – Do it Right w/ Empire (RAKast exclusive mash) – Martin Solveig vs Watermat 10 – Mantra (Simon De Jano, Fraanklyn & Madwill Remix) – Michael Feiner 11 – Moonlight w/ VNF (RAKast exclusive mash) – David Keno vs Andy Bros 12 – Vino & Fagottini – Andy Bros

About the book: Become a Kairomancer: Synchronicity is when the universe gets personal. Through this book of games and enchanting stories, you’ll learn how to monitor the play of coincidence and the symbolic resonance of incidents in daily life in order to tap into the deeper logic of events, receive extraordinary counsel, and have wonderful fun. You will be invited to become a kairomancer: someone who is poised to catch the messages in special moments when synchronicity is in play — and to take action to seize the opportunities those moments present. To be a kairomancer, you need to trust your feelings as you walk the roads of this world, to develop your personal science of shivers, and to recognize in your gut and your skin that you know far more than you hold on the surface of consciousness. This is a way of real magic, which is the art of bringing gifts from a deeper world into this one. Follow it, and you will put a champagne fizz of enchantment into your everyday life. About the author: Robert Moss is the pioneer of Active Dreaming, an original synthesis of shamanism and modern dreamwork. Born in Australia, he survived three near-death experiences in childhood. He leads popular seminars all over the world, including a three-year training for teachers of Active Dreaming and a lively online dream school. A former lecturer in ancient history at the Australian National University, he is a best-selling novelist, journalist and independent scholar. His nine books on dreaming, shamanism and imagination include Conscious Dreaming, Dreamways of the Iroquois, The Three “Only” Things: Tapping the Power of Dreams, Coincidence and Imagination, The Secret History of Dreaming, Dreamgates, Active Dreaming and Dreaming the Soul Back Home. “The Boy Who Died and Came Back: Adventures of a Dream Archaeologist in the Multiverse,” Moss’ personal narrative of his experiences of dying and coming back and seeking to live consciously in the multidimensional universe, will be published in March 2014. Moss is also the author of Here, Everything Is Dreaming: Poems and Stories (Excelsion Editions, 2013). Moss describes himself as “a dream teacher, on a path for which there has been no career track in our culture.” He identifies the great watershed in his adult life as a sequence of visionary events that unfolded in 1987-1988, after he decided to leave the world of big cities and the fast-track life of a popular novelist (already the author of four New York Times bestsellers, including Moscow Rules) and put down roots on a farm in the upper Hudson Valley of New York. Moss started dreaming in a language he did not know that proved to be an archaic form of the Mohawk language. Helped by native speakers to interpret his dreams, Moss came to believe that they had put him in touch with an ancient healer – a woman of power – and that they were calling him to a different life. Out of these experiences he wrote a series of historical novels (The Firekeeper, Fire Along the Sky, The Interpreter) and developed the practice he calls Active Dreaming, an original synthesis of contemporary dreamwork and shamanic methods of journeying and healing. A central premise of Moss’s approach is that dreaming isn’t just what happens during sleep; dreaming is waking up to sources of guidance, healing and creativity beyond the reach of the everyday mind.He introduced his method to an international audience as an invited presenter at the conference of the Association for the Study of Dreams at the University of Leiden in 1994. Core techniques of Active Dreaming include: The “lightning dreamwork” process, designed to facilitate quick dream-sharing that results in helpful action; the use of the “if it were my dream” protocol encourages the understanding that the dreamer is always the final authority on his or her dream. Dream reentry: the practice of making a conscious journey back inside a dream in order to clarify information, dialogue with a dream character, or move beyond nightmare terrors into healing and resolution. Tracking and group dreaming: conscious dream travel on an agreed itinerary by two or more partners, often supported by shamanic drumming. Navigating by synchronicity: reading coincidence and “symbolic pop-ups” in ordinary life as “everyday oracles”. Dream archaeology: melding the arts of shamanic dreaming with scholarship and detective work to access other times and cultures and bring back fresh and authentic knowledge that can be tested and verified. Exploring the multiverse and the multidimensional self.

About the book: Join Robert Moss for an unforgettable journey that will expand your sense of reality and confirm that there is life beyond death and in other dimensions of the multiverse. Moss describes how he lived a whole life in another world when he died at age nine in a Melbourne hospital and how he died and came back again, in another sense, in a crisis of spiritual emergence during midlife. As he shares his adventures in walking between the worlds, we begin to understand that all times — past, future, and parallel — may be accessible now. Moss presents nine keys for living consciously at the center of the multidimensional universe, embracing synchronicity, entertaining our creative spirits, and communicating with a higher Self. About the author: Robert Moss is the pioneer of Active Dreaming, an original synthesis of shamanism and modern dreamwork. Born in Australia, he survived three near-death experiences in childhood. He leads popular seminars all over the world, including a three-year training for teachers of Active Dreaming and a lively online dream school. A former lecturer in ancient history at the Australian National University, he is a best-selling novelist, journalist and independent scholar. His nine books on dreaming, shamanism and imagination includeConscious Dreaming, Dreamways of the Iroquois, The Three “Only” Things: Tapping the Power of Dreams, Coincidence and Imagination, The Secret History of Dreaming, Dreamgates, Active Dreaming and Dreaming the Soul Back Home. The Boy Who Died and Came Back: Adventures of a Dream Archaeologist in gthe Multiverse, Moss’ personal narrative of his experiences of dying and coming back and seeking to live consciously in the multidimensional universe, will be published in March 2014. Moss is also the author of Here, Everything Is Dreaming: Poems and Stories(Excelsion Editions, 2013). Moss describes himself as “a dream teacher, on a path for which there has been no career track in our culture.” He identifies the great watershed in his adult life as a sequence of visionary events that unfolded in 1987-1988, after he decided to leave the world of big cities and the fast-track life of a popular novelist (already the author of four New York Times bestsellers, includingMoscow Rules) and put down roots on a farm in the upper Hudson Valley of New York. Moss started dreaming in a language he did not know that proved to be an archaic form of the Mohawk language. Helped by native speakers to interpret his dreams, Moss came to believe that they had put him in touch with an ancient healer – a woman of power – and that they were calling him to a different life. Out of these experiences he wrote a series of historical novels (The Firekeeper, Fire Along the Sky, The Interpreter) and developed the practice he calls Active Dreaming, an original synthesis of contemporary dreamwork and shamanic methods of journeying and healing. A central premise of Moss’s approach is that dreaming isn’t just what happens during sleep; dreaming is waking up to sources of guidance, healing and creativity beyond the reach of the everyday mind.He introduced his method to an international audience as an invited presenter at the conference of the Association for the Study of Dreams at the University of Leiden in 1994. Core techniques of Active Dreaming include: The “lightning dreamwork” process, designed to facilitate quick dream-sharing that results in helpful action; the use of the “if it were my dream” protocol encourages the understanding that the dreamer is always the final authority on his or her dream Dream reentry: the practice of making a conscious journey back inside a dream in order to clarify information, dialogue with a dream character, or move beyond nightmare terrors into healing and resolution Tracking and group dreaming: conscious dream travel on an agreed itinerary by two or more partners, often supported by shamanic drumming Navigating by synchronicity: reading coincidence and “symbolic pop-ups” in ordinary life as “everyday oracles” Dream archaeology: melding the arts of shamanic dreaming with scholarship and detective work to access other times and cultures and bring back fresh and authentic knowledge that can be tested and verified. Exploring the multiverse and the multidimensional self.