Mark Galeotti
@MarkGaleotti
Mayak Intelligence, @UCLSSEES, @RUSI_org, @IIR_Prague. Analyst of murky topics from Russian politics to global crime. Views my own
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http://inmoscowsshadows.wordpress.com/ 12-04-2011 02:53:43
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Two of the finest Russia-watchers join forces to explore the rise & fall of Yevgeny Prigozhin, & what it says about 'late-stage Putinism'. 'Downfall' by Anna Arutunyan & Mark Galeotti is an absolutely must read to understand Russia past & future. penguin.co.uk/books/460781/d…
It may be self-interested as he includes ‘Downfall’, my and Anna Arutunyan’s book on Prigozhin, but the bibliomaniacal Joshua Huminski has compiled a brilliant array of interesting books due out this year
This week on @Spectator TV!
🔴 owen matthews and Mark Galeotti on Putin's 'peace' plans
🟡 Lionel Shriver on America's miserable election choice
🟠 James Heale on Sunak's blue January
🔴 Rory Sutherland on the rise of office red tape
And more! Hosted by me 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=Prqdda…
Mark Galeotti “The Weaponisation of Everything” is yet another book of his that is well written and explains the larger context of conflict. This is another must read book if you want to understand the security dilemma in the return to history and near peer power competition.
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Excellent analysis of what happened during the Russian takeover of Crimea in 2014 and how it may have influenced the decision to invade Ukraine in 2022 by Mark Galeotti. You need to read this! First Read of the year. amazon.com/Putin-Takes-Cr…
Five more days to apply for the Policy Fellow on #China position at the new generation geostrategic think tank Council on Geostrategy! If you have a keen interest in #PRC , #foreignaffairs and #internationalsecurity - apply!📢
geostrategy.org.uk/vacancies/poli…
Putin’s grip on power is weakening – Russia is entering a new era of decline
I've just noticed that this piece from i newspaper (that ran on the 25th) is no longer paywalled!
inews.co.uk/news/world/put…
Spanish editions of PUTIN’S WARS and THE WEAPONISATION OF EVERYTHING are published by Desperta Ferro so when they asked me to write for a magazine’s Ukraine War special, I was happy. I had no idea it would prove so impressive/handsome a publication. Makes me wish I read Spanish!
.Shashank Joshi is quite right - too many took the mantra at face value and wilfully chose not to scratch beneath the surface. The main Western nations at least have always quietly admitted caveats and limits