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‘Colour Revolutions' is a concept that is central to how Russia interprets the intentions of the Western allies – which it perceives to be its enemies. This term is not discussed much in the media but is central to and intrinsic to how it makes foreign policy decisions – including its aggression against Ukraine since 2014. A monograph was published in 2015 by two political sciences and experts in Geopolitics from Russia. This paper has apparently been very influential in Russia foreign policy circles, and it provides a window into the thinking of the Russian elite and foreign policy establishment that is totally alien to a Western way of thinking and foreign policy foundations. Today I am unpacking this concept of ‘Colour Revolutions' with the help of Ivana Stradner. Dr. Ivana Stradner serves as an advisor to FDD's Barish Center for Media Integrity and is a Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Her research broadly focuses on the intersection of international law and security. Specifically, she concentrates on cyberspace, cyberattacks, and Russian hybrid warfare. She also lectures on international law, international institutions, EU law, international security, and comparative legal history. Before joining AEI, Dr. Stradner worked as a visiting scholar at Harvard University and a lecturer for a variety of universities, including the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and the Faculty of Law at the University of Belgrade. She also served as a legal associate in the Serbian Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government. Dr. Stradner has been published in several academic journals and the popular press, including The Washington Post, The National Interest, RealClearWorld and Defense, Newsweek, National Review, and Foreign Policy. Because of her work to better understand Russian hybrid warfare in Eastern Europe, Dr. Stradner has been asked to testify before the EU Parliament and brief various government officials on the threat posed by revisionist powers such as Russia.

As of Friday, more than 100,000 Russian troops are massed on the Ukrainian border. All of Europe is on edge, and the Biden administration is engaged in round-the-clock diplomacy to try to avert war, even as the president has said repeatedly that he believes the Russians will act – and soon. Here at home, the prospect of war in Europe has sparked debate on America's role and responsibilities abroad. Some – especially within the GOP – say America should stay out. Others say that in the wake of the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, America must stand firm. Tom Bevan, co-founder and president of RealClearPolitics, Carl Cannon, Washington bureau chief, and Joel Weickgenant, editor of RealClearWorld, join Andrew Walworth on today's RealClearPolitics Takeaway podcast.

This week's episode is covers Western media coverage of Iran, bias in the American academy, China, and much more with Xiyue Wang. Saeed Ghasseminejad and Cameron Khansarinia explore the human angle of US policy towards the Islamic Republic and what one learns after 40 months in the Islamic Republic in Iran's most notorious prison. Iran Uncovered is a podcast by NUFDI bringing you experts, activists, and newsmakers to talk #Iran. It is hosted by Saeed Ghasseminejad and Cameron Khansarinia. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncoveredIran About this week's guest. Wang Xiyue is a Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where his research focuses on the history and regional affairs of the Middle East (with an emphasis on Iran), China, Russia, and Eurasia. He is concurrently a PhD candidate in history at Princeton University, where he specializes in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, the late Ottoman Empire, the modern Middle East, and modern China. He is especially interested in great-power rivalries in the Middle East and in how the Soviets and Chinese interacted with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary regime, and how such interactions shaped the geopolitics in the region since the late 1970s Mr. Wang came to national prominence through his analyses on Iran that combine scholarly insights with in-country experience: in August 2016, on an academic visit to Iran as a Princeton graduate student, he was detained by Iranian authorities, falsely charged with espionage, and imprisoned in Evin Prison in Tehran. In July 2017, he was formally sentenced to 10 years in prison. Mr. Wang was released in a prisoner swap between the US and Iran in December 2019. Since his release, Mr. Wang has written about his experience in Iran in Foreign Affairs. His writings on US-Iranian relations and Sino-Iranian relations have been widely published in Bloomberg Opinion, Foreign Policy, and RealClearWorld, among others. Mr. Wang is fluent in Chinese and Farsi, proficient in French, German, Pashto, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nufdiran/support

During this episode, Jeff Edmonds and Sam Bendett--both of whom are Russian specialists with the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)--discuss their recently published report: AI and Autonomy in Russia. Funded by the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), the report covers everything from ethical considerations, to Russian entrepreneurship, to human capital gaps within the Russian citizenry. Link to full show notes and resources Guest Bios:  Samuel Bendett is an Adviser with CNA Strategy, Policy, Plans and Programs Center (SP3), where he is a member of the Russia Studies Program. He is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. His work involves research on the Russian defense and technology developments, unmanned and autonomous military systems and Artificial Intelligence, as well as Russian military capabilities and decision-making during crises. He is a Member of CNA's Center for Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence, and an honorary “Mad Scientist” with the USARMY TRADOC's Mad Scientist Initiative. He is also a Russian military autonomy and AI SME for the DOD's Defense Systems Information Analysis Center. Prior to joining CNA, Bendett worked at the National Defense University on emerging and disruptive technologies for government response in crisis situations, where he conducted research on behalf of the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy (OSD-P) and Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (OSD-AT&L). His previous experience includes working for US Congress, private sector and non-profit organizations on foreign policy, international conflict resolution, defense and security issues. Bendett's analyses, views and commentary on Russian military robotics, unmanned systems and artificial intelligence capabilities appear regularly in the C4ISRnet, Forbes, DefenseOne, Breaking Defense, War on the Rocks, The National Interest, Modern War Institute, War Is Boring, and The Strategy Bridge. He was also a foreign policy and international affairs contributor to the RealClearWorld.com blog, writing on Russian military technology. Bendett received his M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School, Tufts University and B.A. in Politics and English from Brandeis University. He has native fluency in Russian. Jeffrey Edmonds is an expert on Russia and Eurasia. His research focuses on the Russian military, foreign policy, Russian threat perceptions, and Russian information and cyber operations. Most recently, Edmonds served as the Director for Russia on the National Security Council and acting Senior Director for Russia during the 2017 presidential transition. While on the NSC, Edmonds advised the president and his senior staff on Russia-related national security topics including the Ukraine and Syria crises, Russian military, foreign policy, threat perceptions, and information operations. Edmonds was also the lead director during a review of the United States policy towards Russia, culminating in a presidentially approved strategy that had global impact. Prior to the NSC, Edmonds served as a military analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency, covering Eurasian militaries. He has served in the U.S. Army on both active duty and the reserves for 22 years, with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Edmonds holds an M.P.A. from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, an M.A. from Boston University in Religious Studies, and a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He has a working knowledge of Russian. About: The Information Professionals Association (IPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring the role of information activities, such as influence and cognitive security, within the national security sector and helping to bridge the divide between operations and research. Its goal is to increase interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars and practitioners and policymakers with an interest in this domain. For more information, please contact us at communications@information-professionals.org. Or, connect directly with The Cognitive Crucible podcast host, John Bicknell, on LinkedIn.

Russia and Japan have yet to reconcile when it comes to the islands in the Pacific. Professor Akaha gives us his take on the relations between these two nations in the aftermath of the Cold War. Then, in the second half of the episode, Dr. Smeltz from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs explains her findings from surveys that reveal Russians still approve of Putin's foreign policy and also the increased negativity of Americans towards Russians post-Crimean annexation. ABOUT THE GUESTS Tsuneo Akaha Professor Akaha currently teaches at Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS). He is a native of Japan and first came to the U.S. as a high school exchange student. After graduating from Waseda University in Tokyo, he returned to the U.S. to pursue graduate studies at the University of Southern California (USC) and received his PhD in International Relations in 1981. Before joining the Institute in 1989 he had taught at USC, Kansas State University, and Bowling Green State University (Ohio). He teaches courses on human security, international migration, multiculturalism, East Asia, and Russia-East Asia Relations. He has authored or edited 11 books and authored over 100 journal articles and book chapters on topics ranging from human security and migration in East Asia to Japan's relations with the U.S., Russia, China, and Korea. His co-edited book The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Balancing Soft and Hard Power in East Asia received an Ohira Memorial Award Special Prize. Dina Smeltz With 25 years of experience designing and fielding international social and political surveys, Dina Smeltz joined the Chicago Council on Global Affairs as senior fellow on public opinion and foreign policy in 2012. She oversees the Council's well-known annual survey of American attitudes toward foreign policy and has authored and coauthored many of the analyses based on that work. She also directs the Council's collaboration with Russian, Mexican, Canadian, Australian, and East Asian research organizations. Smeltz has published commentary on public opinion and international issues in The Washington Post, RealClearWorld, Foreign Policy, and the Council's survey blog (Running Numbers). Smeltz has an MA from the University of Michigan and a BS from Pennsylvania State University. EDITOR'S NOTE: Episode recorded during the 2019 ASEEES Conference in San Francisco, California. Thanks for listening and if you like this show and support open academic programming, please take a second to rate the show on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, or on our Facebook page. We so appreciate your support!! CREDITS Co-Producer: Tom Rehnquist (Connect: facebook.com/thomas.rehnquist) Co-Producer: Matthew Orr (Connect: facebook.com/orrrmatthew) Associate Producer: Samantha Farmer Associate Producer: Lera Toropin Associate Producer: Cullan Bendig Supervising Producer: Kathryn Yegorov-Crate Executive Editor/Music Producer: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic, www.charlieharpermusic.com) Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86, www.msdaniel.com) Follow The Slavic Connexion on Instagram: @slavxradio, Twitter: @SlavXRadio, and on Facebook: facebook.com/slavxradio . Visit www.slavxradio.com for more episodes and information. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER'S NOTE: A special thanks to the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies for the financial support necessary to take the SlavX team to San Francisco for the multi-day convention. In just a few days, four hosts completed an amazing 18 interviews with unique guests from all over the world. Most of these will be made available on the podcast. Thank you also to the conference directors and staff at ASEEES for being so accommodating and helping SlavX staff find rooms to use as recording spaces. Additional thanks to Professor Craig Campbell at UT for inspiring our supervising producer with the idea to attend the conference and to SlavX team members Katya and Samantha for taking the trouble to apply for travel funds during the busiest time of the semester for grad students. Their initiative is nothing short of amazing to me, and hopefully everybody appreciates their efforts as much as I do. We hope you all enjoy these exclusive interviews!! Disclaimer: The Slavic Connexion is not in any way affiliated with or supported by ASEEES and does not represent the association or otherwise explicitly endorse ASEEES' values or views. Special Guests: Dina Smeltz and Tsuneo Akaha.

In our sixth episode, associate editor A.B. Stoddard has an exclusive interview with Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer. Then, RealClearWorld editor Kevin Sullivan talks with Al-Monitor Diplomatic correspondent Laura Rozen about Trump's Mideast policy.

In our first episode, Managing Editor Emily Goodin talks with former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer about the first impressions the Trump administration is making and its relationship with the press. Then, Joel Weickgenant, the managing editor of RealClearWorld, talks to Vaira Vike Freiberga, the former president of Latvia, about how a vulnerable NATO ally is reacting to the expected foreign policy of President Trump. It’s part of RealClearWorld’s series on America’s Role in the World under the Trump Administration. Check it out on RealClearWorld.com.

Steve Forbes is Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media. Under Mr. Forbes’ leadership, the company has launched a variety of new publications and businesses.  They include:  ForbesLife, the dedicated luxury lifestyle and culture magazine; Forbes Asia; and Forbes licensee editions published in Africa, Bulgaria , China, Croatia,  India, Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Latvia, Middle East, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey and Ukraine.  The company also publishes a number of investment newsletters.  Another division of the company is Forbes Investors Advisory Institute.In 1996 Forbes entered the new media arena with the launch of Forbes.com. Now averaging 18 million unique monthly visitors, it has become a leading destination site for senior business decision-makers and investors.  Other Forbes Web sites are: ForbesWoman.com; RealClearPolitics.com; RealClearMarkets.com; RealClearSports.com and RealClearWorld.com.   Together with Forbes.com, these sites reach nearly 20 million business decision-makers each month.The company’s flagship publication, Forbes, is the nation’s leading business magazine, with a circulation of more than 900,000. Forbes combined with Forbes Asia and the company's licensee editions together reach a worldwide audience of more than 6 million readers.  The circulation of Forbes international editions is 590,500.Mr. Forbes writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of “Fact and Comment.”  A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious Crystal Owl Award four times.  The prize was formerly given by U.S. Steel Corporation to the financial journalist whose economic forecasts for the coming year proved most accurate.

Steve Forbes is Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media. Under Mr. Forbes’ leadership, the company has launched a variety of new publications and businesses.  They include:  ForbesLife, the dedicated luxury lifestyle and culture magazine; Forbes Asia; and Forbes licensee editions published in Africa, Bulgaria , China, Croatia,  India, Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Latvia, Middle East, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey and Ukraine.  The company also publishes a number of investment newsletters.  Another division of the company is Forbes Investors Advisory Institute.In 1996 Forbes entered the new media arena with the launch of Forbes.com. Now averaging 18 million unique monthly visitors, it has become a leading destination site for senior business decision-makers and investors.  Other Forbes Web sites are: ForbesWoman.com; RealClearPolitics.com; RealClearMarkets.com; RealClearSports.com and RealClearWorld.com.   Together with Forbes.com, these sites reach nearly 20 million business decision-makers each month.The company’s flagship publication, Forbes, is the nation’s leading business magazine, with a circulation of more than 900,000. Forbes combined with Forbes Asia and the company's licensee editions together reach a worldwide audience of more than 6 million readers.  The circulation of Forbes international editions is 590,500.Mr. Forbes writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of “Fact and Comment.”  A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious Crystal Owl Award four times.  The prize was formerly given by U.S. Steel Corporation to the financial journalist whose economic forecasts for the coming year proved most accurate.