The night Russia invaded Ukraine, John J. Sullivan received the call he had been warning about for weeks.
As the U.S. ambassador in Moscow, Sullivan stood on the front lines of a historic rupture between two nuclear powers. Midnight in Moscow takes readers inside the embassy, the Kremlin, and the high-stakes diplomacy that unfolded as Putin’s regime prepared—and lied—before launching a full-scale invasion.
Drawing on his firsthand experience, Sullivan reveals how U.S.-Russia relations reached their breaking point, what the invasion exposed about Putin’s ambitions, and what it means for the future of global security.
Winner of The Fletcher School’s Best Book on U.S.-Russian Relations, Midnight in Moscow is a gripping, indispensable account of diplomacy in the shadow of war.
