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Intelligence Squared · 2025-03-16 · 32 min · 5,451 words

The Age of the Strongman: Understanding Putin, with Catherine Belton (Part Two)

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Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm producer Mia Sarenti. For this episode, we're rejoining for part two of our live event, Understanding Putin. With Gideon Rackman. Catherine Belton and Arkadi Ostrovsky. They joined us recently at Smith Square Hall in Westminster.

for the first event in our new Age of the Strongman series. In which chief foreign affair commentator for the FT Gideon Rackman. speaks to leading experts about the political leaders defining our times. To kick off the series, Gideon spoke to Catherine and Arkadi about the archetypal strongman leader. Vladimir Putin.

If you haven't heard part one, do just jump back an episode and get up to speed. Now it's time to rejoin the conversation with host Gideon Rackman. I'd be interested to Talk about this relationship with Trump because You know, maybe paradoxically

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