The Final Curtain for Putin’s Russia?

World Unfiltered
Guest: Prof. Mark Galeotti/Mayak Intelligence
Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas

Title: The Final Curtain for Putin's Russia?

Launch Day:16February 2021

Bio
Mark Galeotti is a specialist in Russian politics and security affairs.
Educated at Robinson College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics, he was based at Keele 1991-2008, becoming head of the History department before moving to New York University in January 2009, where he was Clinical Professor in Global Affairs at the Center for Global Affairs of the NYU School of Professional Studies until September 2016. He then moved, via a time in Moscow, to the Czech Republic where he became a Senior Researcher and head of the Centre for European Security at the Institute for International Relations Prague. After being a 2018-19 Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute’s Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies in Florence, he returned to London.
He is currently the director of the consultancy Mayak Intelligence, and also an honorary professor at UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies. In addition, he is a senior associate fellow with the Royal United Services Institute as well as a non-resident senior fellow at the Institute of International Relations Prague and the Middle East Institute’s Frontier Europe Initiative.
He has also spent time attached to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office as an adviser on Russian foreign and security policy (1996-97), and been a visiting professor in public security at the School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers–Newark, USA (2005-6), a regular visiting professor at MGIMO (Moscow) and Charles University (Prague), and a visiting fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations.

His most recent published books include A Short History of Russia (Ebury 2021), We Need To Talk About Putin (Ebury, 2019), Russian Political War: moving beyond the hybrid (Routledge, 2019), and The Vory: Russia’s super mafia (Yale University Press, 2018).

Twitter: @MarkGaleotti

Timestamps:

1. Mark, you argue that the "Navalny effect" might be to sustain "late Putinism". What does that mean? 1.00-6.15

2) What reforms might we see in Russia in response to developments of recent weeks, including protests? 6.20-8.38

3) Who is Alexei Navalny? What is his significance? 8.40-13.30

4. Can the different strands of the Russian opposition be brought together? Or are they always dependent on a figure who is going to be able to speak to all of them at a particular moment in time? 13.40-17.15

5. Are the Kremlin's changes seeking to secure Putin or Russia after Putin? Why do you say they are "stumbling"? 17.25-20.35

6. Is Putin a master tactician but a failed strategist at securing Russian stability, economically and politically? 20.40-23.55

7. Is there a unifying vision behind Russian activities abroad? 24.00-30.40

8. Has the Kremlin overreached with its tactics abroad? 30.45-34.10

9. Who or what follows Vladimir Putin?

Video-editing: Cengizhan Doğan
Interview assistant: Selenay Tüfekçioğlu
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[Big_delta]

Scott, love the content man. I really enjoy listening to these discussions, even if I may not agree with some small points. I'm happy that I found an intellectual channel that keeps some aspects of politics to a minimum and focuses on issues. VERY underrated channel 👍

[irongron]

Great conversation Scott, even in hindsight a couple of years later almost!

[pichuri]

Ole Mark, que buena entrevista en el periodico "el confidencial" sobre Russia Ucrania.muy bueno.muy pocos escriben tan clavado, la mayoria hace copia, cortar y pegar y au o si no se inventan cada historia