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Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman    

Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, Former Director for European Affairs & White House National Security Council

Lieutenant Colonel Alexander S. Vindman (U.S. Army, Ret.) was most recently the director for European affairs on the White House’s National Security Council. Prior to retiring from the U.S Army, he served as a foreign area officer with assignments in the U.S. embassies in Kyiv, Ukraine and Moscow, Russia, and for the Joint Chiefs of Staff as a political and military affairs officer. His insights are especially intriguing given his three years in Russia with regular contact with Russian military leaders and access to their defense and security apparatus. Lt. Col. Vindman’s knowledge of the inner workings of both the military and White House make him uniquely qualified as an expert on Putin’s obsession with controlling Ukraine.

Lt. Col. Vindman’s personal discipline was “born in discovering the unique passion that begins in excitement, develops in response to intense demands, inspires creative solutions, results in satisfaction, and leads to further challenges.” He is currently a doctoral student and a Foreign Policy Institute fellow at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, a Pritzker military fellow at the Lawfare Institute, a board member of the Renew Democracy Initiative nonprofit, and a visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House.

A uniquely qualified expert who provided renowned testimony during former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, Lt. Col. Vindman travels the globe providing insights about the ongoing war in Ukraine and Putin’s misguided efforts to once again establish Russia as a superpower.

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Q&A with Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (Ret.)

Designed to appeal to an audience striving to better understand an intense conflict during an ongoing global pandemic, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (Ret.) explores the unknowns about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. By providing a rare behind-the-scenes look at his experiences in both the Army and the White House, the key architect of the U.S. plan to keep Russia at bay challenges the traditional thinking on how we can best handle Putin’s latest aggressions.

U.S. Relations and Putin: A Conversation with Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (Ret.)

Leader, scholar, and Putin expert Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (Ret.) details the atrocities being inflicted on the Ukrainian people as a result of Russia’s invasion. He provides a unique window into not only the latest on the conflict, but also what has led to Putin’s continued obsession with commanding Ukraine. Lt. Col. Vindman’s expert analysis draws on his access as a military attaché to Russia and his roles within the National Security Council and Joint Chiefs of Staff during Putin’s invasion of Crimea. He offers eye-opening thoughts on the future security and well-being of the U.S. and the world around us.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • Insight into why the U.S. has a hard time understanding how Russia thinks
  • A unique window into Putin’s strategies to establish Russia as a world power
  • Understanding that the world needs better action and diplomacy on all fronts to avoid a third world war
  • Dialogue on how the U.S. can better leverage its power for the good of democracy everywhere

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