Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, few countries have done more to assist Moscow than Iran. From Shahid drones to ballistic missiles to artillery shells, Tehran has been a key supplier of Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
But when Iran came under attack from Israel and later the United States, the near silence out of Moscow was deafening — despite the fact that Iran and Russia signed a strategic partnership agreement just months ago.
So did Putin’s axis of rogues just shrink? And if so, what does it mean going forward?
On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with Michael Carpenter, who served in the administration of former President Joe Biden as the National Security Council’s Senior Director for Europe and as U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; and James Sherr, Honorary Fellow at the International Center for Defense and Security in Tallinn.
Also on the podcast, Brian, Mike, and James discuss the NATO summit in The Hague and what it shows about the future of European security.
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SHOW NOTES
Recent publications by Michael Carpenter can be accessed here and here.
James Sherr’s recently published work can be accessed here and here.
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