This episode's guest is U.S. Ambassador Alexander "Sandy" Vershbow, who's just retired after a long State Dept. career and more than four years as NATO Deputy Secretary General. He discusses the dire state of relations between Russia and NATO, how perhaps the west should've suspected Putin would invade Crimea and why he changes his email password more these days.

"Channeling Brussels" is sponsored by the Atlantic Council.

[Intro/Outro music "Happy Rock" by Bensound under a CC-BY-ND license (www.bensound.com/royalty-free-mus…rack/happy-rock/)]