James Rubin
The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
James Rubin is a seasoned diplomat with extensive experience in international relations and crisis management. This interview highlights his commitment to fostering collaboration and understanding among nations, particularly in the face of disinformation and geopolitical tensions.
“President Trump had one term and President Biden has brought America's resilience and successful leadership in the world brought our allies back under our as partners rather than people to be dismissed.”
“Or a maiden, the PRC stamp on information. So when somebody sees a story, let's just start with Bulgaria and biological weapons, you're in Bulgaria, you speak Russian, and you see on your screen, whether it's social media, old media, new media, the US has biological weapons in Ukraine. You might or might not believe it.”
“Look, the simplest thing is translations. If there are hundreds of languages in the world that you have AI translating and applying cultural sensitivity to, and you're the Russians, and you want to use an information operation, and you don't need 500 people to translate just into this part of Africa, and you can use a machine, and it can…”
“Have Asian allies working with us on the Russia problem. Never happened before. And meanwhile, in China, you could go down the list of the problems that they're having economically. And I would simply point out that the alternative of having Plato's wise men of nine people sitting around the table deciding everything is a fantasy.”
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