and former his book is titled from cold war to hot piece. the american ambassador in putin s russia. michael, thank you so much for coming on the show tonight. how much room do you actually have for the diplomacy on russia even a? interestingly, ukraine s old national he doesn t believe invasion is imminent and we should avoid panic. do you believe putin has made a final decision? mehdi, i don t believe there s been a final decision. i want to underscore. i don t know if he s made a final decision. i don t believe president biden. no i don t think foreign secretary minister knows he likes to have uncertainty. he likes for us to be negotiating amongst ourselves before we negotiate with. them and, if i had to guess, i think he s still waiting to make the final decision and remember, the final decision is not invade or not. in between doing nothing and marching soldiers and options
coming on the show tonight. how much room do you actually have for the diplomacy on russia even interestingly, ukraine s old national secretary he doesn t believe invasion is imminent and we should avoid panic. do you believe putin has made a final decision? mehdi, i don t believe there s been a final decision. i want to underscore. i don t know if he s made a final decision. i don t believe president biden knows. no i don t think foreign secretary minister knows he likes to have uncertainty. he likes for us to be negotiating amongst ourselves before we negotiate with him. and, if i had to guess, i think he s still waiting to make the final decision and remember, the final decision is not invade or not. in between doing nothing and marching soldiers and options in between. that s a good point. and there was a point you posted over the weekend that i wanted to ask you about.