Fiona Hill was a presidential adviser and a leading Russian expert on President Trump’s National Security Council. She is one of the most respected Russian experts in the world.

How does it interpret the strengthening of Russian military forces near the Ukrainian frontier?

“This is the precedent it would set,” she said. “It would be like … us invading Canada, which would be a little shocking.”

But to understand russian patterns, Hill says you need to understand this about Vladimir Putin:

“He thinks about his heritage. He has been president for 21 years. He wants to be president for another God knows how long, but potentially until 2036, ”Hill said.

“He considers himself a kind of heir to Vladimir the Great, and he somehow wants to bring Ukraine back into the fold. There are all of these things happening at the same time.

Today, About – Fiona Hill on Russia and the United States, from Trump to Biden.

Guests

Fiona Hill, Principal Investigator at the Brookings Institution. Formerly the foremost Russian expert on the National Security Council in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2019. Author of “There is nothing for you here. “

From the playlist

Brooking: “Putin, Trump and the path of authoritarianism“-” In this episode, a discussion with experts Fiona Hill and Angela Stent on the re-emergence of Russia as a great power after the end of the Cold War, under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, and also more broadly on how whose economic change, deindustrialization and other forces are opening the door to the rise of populist leaders in places like Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom as well, as we have seen in recent years. “