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&lt;p&gt;Join &lt;a href="https://americasrt.com/" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;America's Roundtable&lt;/a&gt; radio co-hosts Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy with Bojan Pancevski, Chief European Political Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, an award-winning journalist who has reported across Europe for nearly two decades. His new book - "The Nord Stream Conspiracy: The Inside Story of the Explosions That Shook the World," is getting a positive hearing.  It reads like a thriller!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The book offers readers a clear view of the realities on the ground and examines how these events affect both America and Europe.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bojan covers one of the most notable geopolitical events of our time —and one of the most consequential acts of sabotage in modern history.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On September 26, 2022, massive explosions tore through the Nord Stream pipelines beneath the Baltic Sea, destroying a multibillion-dollar energy link between Russia and Germany. The attack immediately generated competing theories:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Who was responsible? Was Russia responsible? Was Ukraine? Was the CIA involved? Was NATO engaged in this? Or was this part of a much larger shadow war between Russia and the West?&lt;/p&gt;

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@americasrt1776&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;America's Roundtable is co-hosted by Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy, co-founders of International Leaders Summit and the Jerusalem Leaders Summit.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Tune into America’s Roundtable Radio program from Washington, DC via live streaming on Saturday mornings via 68 radio stations at 7:30 A.M. (ET) on Lanser Broadcasting Corporation covering the Michigan and the Midwest market, and at 7:30 A.M. (CT) on SuperTalk Mississippi — SuperTalk.FM reaching listeners in every county within the State of Mississippi, and neighboring states in the South including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee. Tune into WTON in Central Virginia on Sunday mornings at 9:30 A.M. (ET).  Listen to America's Roundtable on digital platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Google and other key online platforms. &lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The book offers readers a clear view of the realities on the ground and examines how these events affect both America and Europe.</p>

<p>Bojan covers one of the most notable geopolitical events of our time —and one of the most consequential acts of sabotage in modern history.</p>

<p>On September 26, 2022, massive explosions tore through the Nord Stream pipelines beneath the Baltic Sea, destroying a multibillion-dollar energy link between Russia and Germany. The attack immediately generated competing theories:</p>

<p>Who was responsible? Was Russia responsible? Was Ukraine? Was the CIA involved? Was NATO engaged in this? Or was this part of a much larger shadow war between Russia and the West?</p>

<p><a href="https://americasrt.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">americasrt.com</a><br>
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@ileaderssummit <br>
@americasrt1776<br>
@NatashaSrdoc<br>
@JoelAnandUSA<br>
@supertalk<br>
@JTitMVirginia</p>

<p>America's Roundtable is co-hosted by Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy, co-founders of International Leaders Summit and the Jerusalem Leaders Summit.</p>

<p><a href="https://americasrt.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">America’s Roundtable</a> radio program focuses on America’s economy, healthcare reform, rule of law, security and trade, and its strategic partnership with rule of law nations around the world. The radio program features high-ranking US administration officials, cabinet members, members of Congress, state government officials, distinguished diplomats, business and media leaders and influential thinkers from around the world.</p>

<p>Tune into America’s Roundtable Radio program from Washington, DC via live streaming on Saturday mornings via 68 radio stations at 7:30 A.M. (ET) on Lanser Broadcasting Corporation covering the Michigan and the Midwest market, and at 7:30 A.M. (CT) on SuperTalk Mississippi — SuperTalk.FM reaching listeners in every county within the State of Mississippi, and neighboring states in the South including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee. Tune into WTON in Central Virginia on Sunday mornings at 9:30 A.M. (ET).  Listen to America's Roundtable on digital platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Google and other key online platforms. </p>

<p>Listen live, Saturdays at 7:30 A.M. (CT) on SuperTalk | <a href="https://www.supertalk.fm" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.supertalk.fm</a>    </p>]]>
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@americasrt1776<br>
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@JoelAnandUSA<br>
@supertalk<br>
@JTitMVirginia</p>

<p>Join <a href="https://americasrt.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">America's Roundtable</a> radio co-hosts Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy with Bojan Pancevski, Chief European Political Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, an award-winning journalist who has reported across Europe for nearly two decades. His new book - "The Nord Stream Conspiracy: The Inside Story of the Explosions That Shook the World," is getting a positive hearing.  It reads like a thriller!</p>

<p>The book offers readers a clear view of the realities on the ground and examines how these events affect both America and Europe.</p>

<p>Bojan covers one of the most notable geopolitical events of our time —and one of the most consequential acts of sabotage in modern history.</p>

<p>On September 26, 2022, massive explosions tore through the Nord Stream pipelines beneath the Baltic Sea, destroying a multibillion-dollar energy link between Russia and Germany. The attack immediately generated competing theories:</p>

<p>Who was responsible? Was Russia responsible? Was Ukraine? Was the CIA involved? Was NATO engaged in this? Or was this part of a much larger shadow war between Russia and the West?</p>

<p><a href="https://americasrt.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">americasrt.com</a><br>
<a href="https://ileaderssummit.org/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://ileaderssummit.org/</a>  |  <a href="https://jerusalemleaderssummit.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://jerusalemleaderssummit.com/</a> </p>

<p>America's Roundtable on Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-roundtable/id1518878472" rel="nofollow noopener">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-roundtable/id1518878472</a></p>

<p>X:<br>
@bopanc<br>
@ileaderssummit <br>
@americasrt1776<br>
@NatashaSrdoc<br>
@JoelAnandUSA<br>
@supertalk<br>
@JTitMVirginia</p>

<p>America's Roundtable is co-hosted by Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy, co-founders of International Leaders Summit and the Jerusalem Leaders Summit.</p>

<p><a href="https://americasrt.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">America’s Roundtable</a> radio program focuses on America’s economy, healthcare reform, rule of law, security and trade, and its strategic partnership with rule of law nations around the world. The radio program features high-ranking US administration officials, cabinet members, members of Congress, state government officials, distinguished diplomats, business and media leaders and influential thinkers from around the world.</p>

<p>Tune into America’s Roundtable Radio program from Washington, DC via live streaming on Saturday mornings via 68 radio stations at 7:30 A.M. (ET) on Lanser Broadcasting Corporation covering the Michigan and the Midwest market, and at 7:30 A.M. (CT) on SuperTalk Mississippi — SuperTalk.FM reaching listeners in every county within the State of Mississippi, and neighboring states in the South including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee. Tune into WTON in Central Virginia on Sunday mornings at 9:30 A.M. (ET).  Listen to America's Roundtable on digital platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Google and other key online platforms. </p>

<p>Listen live, Saturdays at 7:30 A.M. (CT) on SuperTalk | <a href="https://www.supertalk.fm" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.supertalk.fm</a>    </p>]]>
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  <title>Rainer Saks, Estonia's Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2015-2020) | War in Europe: Putin's Russia Invades Ukraine | Impact on America and Europe</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Honorable Rainer Saks, former Secretary General of Estonia's Foreign Ministry (2015-2020), Chief of the Foreign Intelligence and Head of the President's Office joins America's Roundtable Radio co-hosts  Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy for a conversation about the War in Europe as Putin's Russia invades Ukraine and how it will impact America and Europe. The program highlights the importance of advancing principled solutions and the significance of "peace through strength" policy. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Brief excerpt from Estonian World:&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Rainer Saks, a former chief of the Estonian foreign intelligence and a former chief of staff of the Estonian foreign ministry, said the Russian leadership thinks the Western countries are weak and therefore Russia hopes it will end Ukraine’s Western integration.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“The way Russia operates towards Ukraine comes from the fact that it regards the Western reactions essentially non-existent,” Saks said on a radio programme called “Vikerhommik”. “Russia thinks it can act and it regards the Western countries as weak. And the question is not whether the Western states actually are weak, the question is how Russia sees them.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He said it was a paradox of a historical window that Russia’s leadership has defined the current time window as the ending of Ukraine’s integration towards the West. “And I’m not talking about stopping it, but finishing. Ending forever. That’s why this is happening.” Saks also noted on the Estonian Public Broadcasting radio programme that if the Western countries impose sanctions on Russia, then the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is prepared to strategically suffer through them.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Brief bio:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mr. Rainer Saks served as the Estonian Secretary of State from 2015-2020. From 1999 to 2001, Saks worked as an adviser to the foreign minister. From 2001 through 2006 he served as the deputy coordination director at the coordination unit of the Government Office. From 2006 to 2011 Saks headed the Office of the President, while simultaneously heading the council of the International Center for Defense and Security (from 2007-2011). From 2011 Rainer Saks held the office of the Director General of the Information Board. Mr. Saks is a member of the Management Board at CybExer Technologies, a NATO-awarded Estonian cybersecurity company.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;America's Roundtable is co-hosted by Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy, co-founders of International Leaders Summit and the Jerusalem Leaders Summit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;America’s Roundtable from Washington D.C. informs, educates, empowers and challenges the listening audience about the importance to restore, strengthen, and protect our freedoms, the rule of law, and free markets. America’s Roundtable advances the ideas of freedom, the significance of freedom of speech, limited government, and the application of free market principles to solve problems.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;America’s Roundtable presents in-depth analysis of current events and public policy issues while applying America’s founding principles. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;America’s Roundtable radio program - a strategic initiative of International Leaders Summit, focuses on America’s economy, healthcare reform, rule of law, security and trade, and its strategic partnership with rule of law nations around the world. The radio program features high-ranking US administration officials, cabinet members, members of Congress, state government officials, distinguished diplomats, business and media leaders and influential thinkers from around the world.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;America’s Roundtable is aired by Lanser Broadcasting Corporation on  96.5 FM and 98.9 FM, covering Michigan’s major market and the upper Midwest, SuperTalk Mississippi Media’s 12 radio stations and 50 affiliates reaching every county in Mississippi and also heard in parts of the neighboring states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee, and through podcast on Apple Podcasts and other key online platforms. &lt;/p&gt;
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<p>Brief excerpt from Estonian World:</p>

<blockquote>
<p>Rainer Saks, a former chief of the Estonian foreign intelligence and a former chief of staff of the Estonian foreign ministry, said the Russian leadership thinks the Western countries are weak and therefore Russia hopes it will end Ukraine’s Western integration.</p>

<p>“The way Russia operates towards Ukraine comes from the fact that it regards the Western reactions essentially non-existent,” Saks said on a radio programme called “Vikerhommik”. “Russia thinks it can act and it regards the Western countries as weak. And the question is not whether the Western states actually are weak, the question is how Russia sees them.”</p>

<p>He said it was a paradox of a historical window that Russia’s leadership has defined the current time window as the ending of Ukraine’s integration towards the West. “And I’m not talking about stopping it, but finishing. Ending forever. That’s why this is happening.” Saks also noted on the Estonian Public Broadcasting radio programme that if the Western countries impose sanctions on Russia, then the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is prepared to strategically suffer through them.</p>
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<p>Brief bio:</p>

<p>Mr. Rainer Saks served as the Estonian Secretary of State from 2015-2020. From 1999 to 2001, Saks worked as an adviser to the foreign minister. From 2001 through 2006 he served as the deputy coordination director at the coordination unit of the Government Office. From 2006 to 2011 Saks headed the Office of the President, while simultaneously heading the council of the International Center for Defense and Security (from 2007-2011). From 2011 Rainer Saks held the office of the Director General of the Information Board. Mr. Saks is a member of the Management Board at CybExer Technologies, a NATO-awarded Estonian cybersecurity company.</p>

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<p>America's Roundtable on Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-roundtable/id1518878472" rel="nofollow noopener">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-roundtable/id1518878472</a></p>

<p>Twitter: <br>
@NatashaSrdoc<br>
@JoelAnandUSA<br>
@ileaderssummit </p>

<p>America's Roundtable is co-hosted by Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy, co-founders of International Leaders Summit and the Jerusalem Leaders Summit.</p>

<p>America’s Roundtable from Washington D.C. informs, educates, empowers and challenges the listening audience about the importance to restore, strengthen, and protect our freedoms, the rule of law, and free markets. America’s Roundtable advances the ideas of freedom, the significance of freedom of speech, limited government, and the application of free market principles to solve problems.</p>

<p>America’s Roundtable presents in-depth analysis of current events and public policy issues while applying America’s founding principles. </p>

<p>America’s Roundtable radio program - a strategic initiative of International Leaders Summit, focuses on America’s economy, healthcare reform, rule of law, security and trade, and its strategic partnership with rule of law nations around the world. The radio program features high-ranking US administration officials, cabinet members, members of Congress, state government officials, distinguished diplomats, business and media leaders and influential thinkers from around the world.</p>

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    <![CDATA[<p>Honorable Rainer Saks, former Secretary General of Estonia's Foreign Ministry (2015-2020), Chief of the Foreign Intelligence and Head of the President's Office joins America's Roundtable Radio co-hosts  Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy for a conversation about the War in Europe as Putin's Russia invades Ukraine and how it will impact America and Europe. The program highlights the importance of advancing principled solutions and the significance of "peace through strength" policy. </p>

<p>Brief excerpt from Estonian World:</p>

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<p>Rainer Saks, a former chief of the Estonian foreign intelligence and a former chief of staff of the Estonian foreign ministry, said the Russian leadership thinks the Western countries are weak and therefore Russia hopes it will end Ukraine’s Western integration.</p>

<p>“The way Russia operates towards Ukraine comes from the fact that it regards the Western reactions essentially non-existent,” Saks said on a radio programme called “Vikerhommik”. “Russia thinks it can act and it regards the Western countries as weak. And the question is not whether the Western states actually are weak, the question is how Russia sees them.”</p>

<p>He said it was a paradox of a historical window that Russia’s leadership has defined the current time window as the ending of Ukraine’s integration towards the West. “And I’m not talking about stopping it, but finishing. Ending forever. That’s why this is happening.” Saks also noted on the Estonian Public Broadcasting radio programme that if the Western countries impose sanctions on Russia, then the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is prepared to strategically suffer through them.</p>
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<p>Brief bio:</p>

<p>Mr. Rainer Saks served as the Estonian Secretary of State from 2015-2020. From 1999 to 2001, Saks worked as an adviser to the foreign minister. From 2001 through 2006 he served as the deputy coordination director at the coordination unit of the Government Office. From 2006 to 2011 Saks headed the Office of the President, while simultaneously heading the council of the International Center for Defense and Security (from 2007-2011). From 2011 Rainer Saks held the office of the Director General of the Information Board. Mr. Saks is a member of the Management Board at CybExer Technologies, a NATO-awarded Estonian cybersecurity company.</p>

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<p>America’s Roundtable presents in-depth analysis of current events and public policy issues while applying America’s founding principles. </p>

<p>America’s Roundtable radio program - a strategic initiative of International Leaders Summit, focuses on America’s economy, healthcare reform, rule of law, security and trade, and its strategic partnership with rule of law nations around the world. The radio program features high-ranking US administration officials, cabinet members, members of Congress, state government officials, distinguished diplomats, business and media leaders and influential thinkers from around the world.</p>

<p>America’s Roundtable is aired by Lanser Broadcasting Corporation on  96.5 FM and 98.9 FM, covering Michigan’s major market and the upper Midwest, SuperTalk Mississippi Media’s 12 radio stations and 50 affiliates reaching every county in Mississippi and also heard in parts of the neighboring states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee, and through podcast on Apple Podcasts and other key online platforms. </p>]]>
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