{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60518a52f69aa815d2dba41c/60518a63bd84d92f9a7e5849?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Who is Vladimir Putin?","description":"<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px; line-height: 19px;\">With a tenuous ceasefire holding in Ukraine, we asked <a href=\"http://www.brookings.edu/experts/hillf\">Fiona Hill</a> onto the show to discuss the man behind the unrest: Vladimir Putin. Fiona is the co-author of <em><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Putin-Operative-Fiona-Hill/dp/0815726171/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1422297793&sr=1-2&keywords=mr.+putin\">Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin</a>, and a </em>Senior Fellow and Director of the <a href=\"http://www.brookings.edu/about/centers/cuse\">Center on the United States and Europe</a> at Brookings. On the <em>Lawfare </em>Podcast, Fiona tackles the hard questions about Putin. Who exactly is he? What does he want? Is Putin an unhinged madman obsessed with personal appearances or a shewed realist with a nuanced understanding of the geopolitical challenges his country faces? And, how should the West respond to Russian aggression based on what we know about its leader?</p>\r\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px; line-height: 19px;\">It's an important look at an often caricatured but rarely understood man--The <em>Lawfare </em>Podcast: Who is Vladimir Putin? </p>","author_name":"The Lawfare Institute"}