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April 23, 2022

Putin’s Newly Shattered Norms—With Richard Fontaine

By Richard Fontaine

Is Putin crossing almost every line the West did not anticipate he would cross? What does this tell us about where he might might ultimately escalate to?

Richard Fontaine returns to the podcast to answer these questions and others. Richard is CEO of the Center for New American Security. He was recently appointed to the Defense Policy Board by the Biden Administration’s Pentagon leadership. Prior to working at CNAS, Richard was foreign policy advisor to Senator John McCain and worked on the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the State Department, at the National Security Council, and on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

He has also been an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

Listen to the full podcast from Ricochet.

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