The US expert Heather Conley warned early on about Putin’s strategy in Europe – and his manipulation. A conversation about economic influence, the mistakes of the West and the most important task in Ukraine.
Interviewed by
Thomas Kirchner
There they were, the early warning signs of malicious Russian influence in Europe. One of them is the American Heather Conley. In 2016 she wrote the analysis “The Kremlin Playbook”, which got a lot of attention. According to her thesis, the West has overlooked the fundamental change in Russian politics.