Rolf mowatt larsson biography

  • Rolf Mowatt-Larssen was the inaugural William J. Perry Distinguished Fellow at NTI, where he supported NTI's work on global threat reduction.
  • Former Moscow chief of station Rolf Mowatt-Larssen on the state of play in Ukraine - "Intelligence Matters".
  • Rolf Mowatt-Larssen has spent most of his adult life making sure that it never happens.

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    Putin's Threat of Nuclear War: Former CIA Moscow ledare of hållplats Rolf Mowatt-Larssen

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    Ralph Mowatt-Larssen, a former senior CIA operations officer, discusses the current situation in the Russia-Ukraine war and the increasing risk of Russia using tactical nuclear weapons. He emphasizes that the West must take Putin's nuclear threats seriously, as the world fryst vatten facing the highest nuclear risk since the Cuban Missile Crisis. As Ukraine continues to make gains on the battlefield, Putin may see using tactical nuclear weapons as his only option, despite the catastrophic consequences.

    Mowatt-Larssen explains that while the Russian army is weakening, the Ukrainian forces are growing stronger, refusing to negotiate while they are winning. He analyzes Putin's potential calculations, including the need to maintain support from his inner circle and avoid being seen as backing down. The options for the U.S. response, should Russia use nuclear weapons, include nuclear

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    Russian-American Intelligence Cooperation: Promise vs. Reality

    Liaison is an important key to overall U.S.-Russian relations, said Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University at a 17 May 2010 Kennan Institute talk. Having spent 23 years as a CIA intelligence officer in various domestic and international posts, Mowatt-Larssen discussed the role of intelligence in the U.S.-Russia relationship, the history of the two countries' intelligence liaison, and areas of cooperation for the future.

    Mowatt-Larssen outlined several ways in which intelligence plays an important role for decision makers. First, an exchange of information, which is useful in its own right, also yields diverging viewpoints which can be even more valuable than like-minded analysis. Intelligence liaison also offers the opportunity for joint operations, although this is the most difficult task for two agencies to carry out to

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    This week on "Intelligence Matters," Michael Morell speaks with former senior CIA officer and Moscow station chief Rolf Mowatt-Larssen about his strategic analysis of the Russia-Ukraine war. He maps out the Russian objectives in the war and the lack of clear Western goals as the war continues. Mowatt-Larssen predicts that Putin will launch an offensive in 2023 but not until he has mobilized a sufficient number of troops, something he failed to do in the past year. He also discusses Putin's "scorched earth" approach and how it has led to the weaponization of energy. 

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    • Putin offensive in 2023? "There are a number of indications that suggest he [Putin] still harbors a, if nothing else, ambition to mount some sort of offensive in 2023. But he can't do it right now. He won't be able to do it, in fact, until he's accomplished a number of things that he hasn't been able to accomplish in the first year of the war. Created a successful process of mobilizing suffi