In the bunker with Darth Putin

Mar 05 2025 28 ep. 55 mins 62
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The Darth Putin Master Strategist podcast recorded from the bunker using a 56k dial-up modem. Features Darth and a co-host, plus frequent guests. You may hear Medvedev snoring drunkenly on the sofa.

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S2 Ep 14 Jade McGlynn on Russia’s Ideology and Ukraine’s Reality

Mar 05 2025 58 mins  
In this special bunker edition, Dr. Jade Selena McGlynn returns to the pod! A British researcher, lecturer, linguist, historian, and author specializing in modern Eastern Europe—particularly Russia—Dr. McGlynn is joining us once again, this time from inside Ukraine. With air raid alarms and power outages as the backdrop, she generously takes a break from her on-the-ground work

S2 Ep 13 Rick Wilson: Trump is serious about Greenland

Feb 07 2025 32 mins  
Rick Wilson is in the bunker for a second visit. We talk Trump, MAGA, what it might mean for Ukraine, and what Trump really wants. Rick's twitter https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson The Lincoln Project https://lincolnproject.us/bios/rick-wilson/ Support the channel here: EU Book store: https://darths-eu-webshop-shop.fourthwall.com/en-eur/ All other products & countries: https://darth

S2 Ep 12 - Navigating NATO Security Without the U.S.: A Semi-Optimistic Perspective with Anders Puck Nielsen

Nov 13 2024 74 mins  
This time, we’ve lured military analyst Anders Puck Nielsen, from the Royal Danish Defense College, into the bunker. Anders is also the host of the hugely popular YouTube channel ‪https://www.youtube.com/@anderspuck We started off feeling a bit gloomy, discussing the future of European security and Ukraine, but managed to cheer each other up along the way. Oh, and Darth is not

S2 - Ep 11 - Melissa Chan: Could Xi really stop Putin's war?

Nov 03 2024 72 mins  
Melissa Chan is an Emmy-nominated journalist based between Los Angeles and Berlin. She has reported everywhere from Cuba to Canada, Mongolia to Moscow, North and South Korea. These days she focuses on transnational issues, often involving China’s influence beyond its borders, as well as the rise of global authoritarianism and ebb of democracies. She is currently writing a graphic

S2 - Ep 10 - David Gioe, Huw Dylan & Elena Grossfeld: How Russian Intel Serves—and Fails—the Tsar

Nov 01 2024 79 mins  
In our largest-ever gathering in "the bunker," scholars David Gioe, Huw Dylan, and Elena Grossfeld discuss their latest article, "The Autocrat’s Indispensable Service: How Russian Intelligence Secured Vladimir Putin’s Regime After Failing Him in Ukraine." With the Prez presiding over the conversation from the end of the long table, we dive into a pressing research puzzle: Why d

S2 - Ep 9 - Philip Ingram: Ukraine’s Military Outperforms U.S. and China

Oct 17 2024 69 mins  
Today's guest in the bunker refers to himself as an “Ex spymaster, specializing in taking over countries." Philip Ingram MBE BSc MA GCLI is a widely published journalist, specializing in the security and intelligence arenas, who has built on a long and senior career in British Military Intelligence, with years of experience in all aspects of intelligence and security as well as s

S2 - Ep 8 - Keir Giles: Europe should get back from a defense holiday

Oct 13 2024 64 mins  
Keir Giles is a senior consulting fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme. Previously, he worked with the BBC Monitoring Service and the UK Defence Academy, where he wrote and advised on Russian military, defence and security issues including human factors influencing Russian security policy, Russian strategy and doctrine, the Russian view of cyber and information security, and

S2 - Ep 7 - Darth & Katie 1-1: Belarusian lawyers without rights & Tweets of the week

Sep 23 2024 46 mins  
In this episode, we delve into the Belarusian legal system through Katie's firsthand experience as a co-defendant in a political trial. We discuss the challenges of finding a criminal defense lawyer—or any lawyer—willing to represent a dissident. Darth also reads an excerpt from his book and shares insights on the week's most significant tweets. In Katie's guest appearance on

S2 - Ep 6 - John Sipher - Putin’s calculus: "I’m going to keep going until you stop me"

Sep 16 2024 64 mins  
John Sipher, former CIA officer and a co-founder of Spycraft Entertainment, in the bunker. We are asking our guest how it would be if the CIA were tasked to invade Canada; what were John's impressions from working in Moscow; and many details about Russian intelligence services. Follow us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@InTheBunkerWithDarth John Sipher’s podcast: “Mission

S2 - Ep 5 - Edward Lucas: "If you worry about nuclear escalation, it is vital that Ukraine wins"

Sep 10 2024 41 mins  
In this episode, we sit down with Edward Lucas, who is British writer, journalist, and politician. Did you know that Edward was among the first 100 Darth's followers back in the days? Here is some context for Edwards' reference to Lennart Meri's speech. Full address by Estonian President Lennart Meri in 1994 is here. As usual, we are most thankful to each of our Patreons for th