{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Jill Dougherty: Decoding Putin","description":" As Russia\u2019s dominance on the international stage increases, along with its presence in the American presidential election, Dialogue host Marcia Franklin talks with journalist Jill Dougherty about Russian President Vladimir Putin. Dougherty, who reported for CNN for 30 years, most recently as its Foreign Affairs Correspondent, was also the network\u2019s Moscow Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent. She left CNN in 2013 to get a Master\u2019s degree in International Relations from Georgetown University and is now writing a book on Putin\u2019s \u2018soft power.\u2019 At the time she spoke with Franklin, Dougherty was a Global Fellow at the Kennan Institute, a division of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. The two discuss what Dougherty means by \u2018soft power,\u2019 and some of the factors that drive President Putin\u2019s persona and politics. Franklin also asks Dougherty about Putin\u2019s involvement in the United States\u2019 presidential election and what the next U.S. president should keep in mind when negotiating with Russia. Dougherty was in Boise in September 2016 to address the Boise Committee on Foreign Relations. Originally Aired: 09\/30\/2016 ","author_name":"Dialogue with Marcia Franklin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.idahoptv.org\/shows\/dialogue\/","html":"