Former US Ambassador to Russia says NATO expansion was a myth - The Fifth Column
October 29, 2025
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as posted by the channelExcerpt from a Members Only episode (#283) of The Fifth Column. Watch the full interview at
Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and Stanford professor Michael McFaul joins The Fifth Column for a wide-ranging conversation with Michael Moynihan about his new book Autocrats vs Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder. They discuss Vladimir Putin’s ideology and overreach in Ukraine, the myth of NATO provocation, why authoritarian regimes endure, and how McFaul’s decades studying Russia, from his first trip to the Soviet Union in 1983 to serving as ambassador under Obama, influence his view of the ongoing global struggle between autocracy and democracy.
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Hosted by journalists Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch, The Fifth Column provides a weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally themselves.
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