Perspective with Alison Smith
Russia's Threat: Putin's Global Ambition – October 21, 2018
This week on Perspective with Alison Smith: Russia's Threat – Putin's Global Ambition Tom Nichols, professor at the U.S. Naval War College, speaks about the threat Russia poses to the West and how Russia employs hybrid warfare to disrupt the democratic institutions of liberal democracies. Andrei Kolesnikov, senior fellow and chair of Carnegie Moscow Center's Russian domestic politics program, discusses the domestic challenges Vladimir Putin faces and how this may influence his approach to foreign affairs. Janis Garisons, Latvia's state secretary for the Ministry of Defence, comments about the threat Russia poses to his country and the role that NATO forces play to counteract that influence. Marcus Kolga, senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, discusses how Russia has mounted disinformation campaigns against Canada in the past and how it may do so again leading up to next year's federal election.
