Intelligence, Strategy, and the Reality of Modern Conflict

Chain Reaction by FPRI

Jul 2, 202641:44News & Politics

In this episode of Shifting Ground , Nick Gvosdev and Larry Rubin are joined by Phil Wasielewski, a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. A veteran of the CIA’s Directorate of Operations and the US Mari...

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