What Sarah Paine has said about Succession of power in Russia
3 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 29, 2026
Sarah Paine, American historian and geopolitical strategist, retired professor at the U.S. Naval War College specializing in Russian and Chinese history and maritime strategy, has been quoted on Succession of power in Russia 3 times in 1 episode of The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, most recently on October 29, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Paine argues dictators like Putin have no safe way to leave power alive, which drives them to keep escalating.
“For many of them, there's no off-ramp where they're alive”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: Dr. Sarah Paine: Why The World Is Turning Away From America (Oct 29, 2026) · Listen from 38:46
Paine says she has never heard that Russians think taking Ukraine is a bad idea, making a democratic successor unlikely soon.
“But I've never heard that Russians think it's a bad idea to take Ukraine”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: Dr. Sarah Paine: Why The World Is Turning Away From America (Oct 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:32:53
Paine estimates post-dictatorship instability could take around a decade to resolve and urges democracies to plan for dictators' deaths.
“But I'm going to make up a number and say 10 years. So the Democratic Corps should have a plan for when various dictators die”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: Dr. Sarah Paine: Why The World Is Turning Away From America (Oct 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:34:32
Episodes
Dr. Sarah Paine: Why The World Is Turning Away From AmericaThe Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Oct 29, 2026 · 1 h 42 min
Historian Sarah Paine tells Steven Bartlett why the Iran war, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and U.S. continentalism threaten the rules-based maritime order and risk World War III.
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