On Russian invasion, US intel got it right — but policymakers stumbled
The Washington Post has launched a new history-shaping exercise, but it fails to ask the right questions and omits Biden’s most serious mistakes.
George Beebe is Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute. He spent more than two decades in government as an intelligence analyst, diplomat, and policy advisor, including as director of the CIA’s Russia analysis and as a staff advisor on Russia matters to Vice President Cheney. His book, The Russia Trap: How Our Shadow War with Russia Could Spiral into Nuclear Catastrophe (2019), warned how the United States and Russia could stumble into a dangerous military confrontation.
The Washington Post has launched a new history-shaping exercise, but it fails to ask the right questions and omits Biden’s most serious mistakes.
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