Checks and Balance: Tsars and stripes

Checks and Balance from The Economist

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🗓️ 25 March 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

President Biden is in Europe, meeting with allies as the conflict in Ukraine reaches the one month mark. His administration has supported the fight against Russia with sanctions and military aid, but the president made it clear from the start he won’t deploy US troops. Is the war in Ukraine a turning point for US foreign policy?

The Economist’s Anton La Guardia considers America’s response so far. We go back to the time President Obama made a foreign policy u-turn. And Republican strategist Sarah Longwell explains how the conflict has changed how voters feel about Russia.

John Prideaux presents with Charlotte Howard and Jon Fasman.

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0:25.0	The Saints' robes are the green of army for teaks,
0:28.4	covering her head in the Orthodox tradition.
0:31.8	Her halo is blue and yellow, the colours of the Ukrainian flag.
0:36.8	And rather than holding her hands in prayer,
0:39.2	she's carrying an anti-tank missile.
0:42.2	Her name is St. Javelin after the weapon in her arms.
0:46.6	The image has become a viral symbol of Ukrainian resistance,
0:49.6	adorning t-shirts and stickers as the so-called Protector of Ukraine.
0:55.2	The FGM-148 Javelins she's named for, a U.S. made,
1:00.4	part of the arsenal of military aid sent across the Atlantic
1:03.8	to help defend against the Russian invasion.
1:07.4	But Ukraine wants more support.
1:10.4	How far will America go?
1:13.4	I'm John Prado and this is Chex and Balance from the Economist.
1:20.4	Each week we take one big theme,
1:22.2	shaping American politics and explore it in depth.
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