Following Russia's full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, Vindman repeatedly expressed support for effectively countering Russian malign influence and Russia's military aggression by fully supporting Ukraine.

Feb 25, 2025 · NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with retired Lt. Colonel and former Trump staffer Alexander Vindman on Russia, Ukraine and his new book.

3 days ago · The Folly of Realism How the West Deceived Itself About Russia and Betrayed Ukraine by Alexander Vindman PublicAffairs, 304 pp., $30. JUST OVER THREE DECADES AGO, American policymakers faced a dilemma. A pair of new states, emerging from decades of Soviet rule, possessed massive nuclear arsenals.

Feb 27, 2025 · Author and retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman discusses his new book, "The Folly of Realism: How the West Deceived Itself About Russia and Betrayed Ukraine," and addresses President Donald Trump's approach to ending Ukraine's war with Russia.

5 days ago · In his new book, "The Folly of Realism," Ret. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman argues that mistakes made by the U.S. emboldened Russia to invade Ukraine in 2022. Vindman joins "America Decides" to ...

Feb 27, 2025 · Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman sits down with Bloomberg Businessweek to discuss his new book 'The Folly of Realism: How the West Deceived Itself About Russia and Betrayed Ukraine' and weighs ...

Feb 25, 2025 · NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with retired Lt. Colonel and former Trump staffer Alexander Vindman on Russia, Ukraine and his new book.

Feb 25, 2025 · NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with retired Lt. Colonel and former Trump staffer Alexander Vindman on Russia, Ukraine and his new book.

Lieutenant Colonel Alex Vindman, who is defending his doctoral dissertation on the topic of U.S. Foreign Policy towards Ukraine from 1991-2004, will provide his perspective on the Russia-Ukraine war, U.S. Policy for and geopolitical consequences of the war, and U.S. National Security.

Mar 1, 2022 · Alexander Vindman was director for European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council from 2018 to 2020 and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel. His book is “Here, Right...

The result should have been foreseeable: Russia's 2014 invasion of Crimea and 2022 invasion of Ukraine. As leading national-security expert and bestselling author Alexander Vindman argues, this history of U.S. missteps is bound up in policymakers' fixation on immediate, short-term, and transactional thinking.

Jan 17, 2024 · Alexander Vindman, lieutenant colonel US Army (retired), was the director for European Affairs on the United States National Security Council and is a Charles F. Kettering Foundation senior fellow. He previously served at the Pentagon as the Political-Military Affairs Officer for Russia and as an attaché at the American embassies in Moscow and ...

5 days ago · In his new book, "The Folly of Realism," Ret. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman argues that mistakes made by the U.S. emboldened Russia to invade Ukraine in 2022. Vindman joins "America Decides" to ...

Sep 14, 2020 · On July 25 of last year, Vindman, who, as the National Security Council’s director for European affairs, organized the call, listened, with other officials, to a conversation between Trump and...

Feb 28, 2022 · Vindman said, for the West, a particularly acute need is the provisioning of lethal assistance for Ukraine's degraded air force, as well as providing anti-tank capabilities, air defense...

Apr 12, 2022 · Former Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman has said that the 6 January insurrection was a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to begin amassing troops on the border with Ukraine in...

Apr 12, 2022 · Alexander Vindman cited Trump's Ukraine scandal and the Capitol riot as inflection points. "We missed an opportunity to harden Ukraine against Russian aggression," he told The New York Times.

Feb 26, 2022 · Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman served as the director of European affairs on Trump’s National Security Council, and was on the call when Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

Alexander Vindman, lieutenant colonel US Army (retired), was the director for European Affairs on the White House's National Security Council, former Political-Military Affairs Officer for Russia, and diplomat at the American Embassies in Moscow and Kyiv.