David Salvo

“ Really, there is a sort of meta-goal here. The meta-goal is that, if American democracy is in disorder, that only plays to the advantage of an authoritarian regime like Russia. There are domestic political reasons why that's advantageous to Russia, and there are geopolitical reasons why that's advantageous to Russia ”

“ This is a hack and leak operation likely by a nation-state adversary, we should not be reporting on that content. That's damaging to our democracy....The macro goal of these operations is often just to destabilize and denigrate our democratic process. ”

“ I'd pause before we jump to conclusions that Russia, China, and the United States are going to work together to reshape the world order. I think ultimately, Russia and China still see the United States as the world hegemon and both have a vested interest in pushing back against US hegemony. I'm not convinced that suddenly you're going to find a new axis of partnership between these three countries. ”