breaking news this evening, president biden is convinced that vladimir putin has decided to invade ukraine. understanding vladimir putin, his objectives and strategy is something that has stumped many analysts for decades. my next guest spent a career trying to understand him and the russian state, she s fiona hill, former senior director for european and russian affairs on the national security counsel, also the author of the memoire nothing for you here, finding opportunity in the 21st century ms. hill, thanks so much for joining us. you heard president biden say today he is convinced vladimir putin made the decision to invade ukraine, obviously the president has access to intelligence, you do not, but do you agree?
security council senior director for european and russian affairs. but she is perhaps best known for her testimony during the first trump impeachment on his efforts to strong-arm ukraine s president into helping him win re-election. fiona hill is also the author, by the way, of a very important book there is nothing for you here: finding opportunity in the 21st century. fiona, thanks so much for joining us. you hear president biden s vow to unleash what he says would be unprecedented sanctions, economic sanctions, diplomatic sanctions against putin s government if russia invades ukraine. is that going to be enough to deter putin, in your view? because you also heard the president rule out, at least for now, direct u.s. military action. well, it really, wolf, depends on how this is structured. it certainly won t be enough if it s just the united states taking action. so i think what s significant
the dunbas region. are we ready to acquiesce in this? what president biden has done teed, you laid it out, showing that the united states and its allies, which is serious in resisting it. ukraine has been an independent country for 30 years. it has agency here, sovereignty. and the united states is not in any kind of position to bargain away europe on ukraine security. the biden administration is certainly framing things in the way that one would expect and hope and anticipate in responding to this. fiona hill, former top russia expert on the national security council, the author of there is nothing for you here: finding opportunity in the 21st century, of every book written by anybody in the trump administration is the one definitely to read. thank you for your time and insight tonight. it s a real honor to have you here. thanks, rachel. thank you. > got much more to come here tonight. stay with us.
nothing for you here: finding opportunity in the 21st century, of every book written by anybody in the trump administration, is the one to read. thank you for your time and insight tonight. it s a real honor to have you here. thanks, rachel. thank you. got much more to come here tonight. stay with us. when heartburn hits, fight back fast with tums chewy bites. fast heartburn relief in every bite. crunchy outside, chewy inside. tums, tums, tums, tums tums chewy bites - oh.oh. - what s going on? - oh, darn! - let me help. lift and push and push! there. it s up there. hey joshie. wrinkles send the wrong message. help prevent them with downy wrinkleguard. feel the difference with downy.
european and russian affairs at the national security council, also the author of the new book there is nothing for you here: finding opportunity in the 21st century. thank you so much for joining us this evening and congratulations on the new book as well. so let s talk about the thanks, don. absolutely. let s talk about the president kicking off a critical trip abroad, showing candor, trying to rebuild relations with allies. he wants to show the world that america is back. is it working, fiona? well, so far, so good. i mean the response to his efforts to patch things up with french president emmanuel macron seems to be pretty positive so far. i think what we are going to have to see over the next few days is whether he comes away from the g20 with any breakthrough agreements. the critical part is actually what happens next, however. it s not just the g20 meeting the next couple of days, but what happens in glasgow.