Checks and Balance: Ukraine relief
Checks and Balance from The Economist
The Economist
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
“The world should see the outrageous acts for what they are," Joe Biden told the United Nations General Assembly this week, condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine. So far, America has led efforts to support Ukraine’s fight back against the aggressor next door. But with food and energy prices high, Vladimir Putin announcing a partial mobilisation (whatever that is) and once again threatening to use nuclear weapons, how long-lasting will support from the West be?
Jeremy Shapiro of the European Council on Foreign Relations explains how America’s approach to Ukraine has been a success so far—and the risks it now faces. We go back to another time the United States supported an ally without putting boots on the ground. And the American Enterprise Institute’s Danielle Pletka discusses how Republicans might respond to the war in Ukraine in the future.
John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard and Idrees Kahloon.
You can now find every episode of Checks and Balance in one place and sign up to our weekly newsletter. For full access to print, digital and audio editions, as well as exclusive live events, subscribe to The Economist at economist.com/uspod.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | The white-haired senator stepped out onto the stage, a grey V-neck sweater under his suit, |
| 0:09.1 | the only sign that he was breathing the bitterly cold air of a key of December. |
| 0:14.2 | Senator John McCain was in Independent Square in 2013, addressing tens of thousands of pro-European |
| 0:20.0 | protesters. Ukraine will make Europe better, and Europe will make Ukraine better. McCain |
| 0:26.4 | told the crowd to rapture us applause. Later McCain, long a champion of Ukraine, would |
| 0:32.2 | express dismay at what he considered to be a poor response from his country to Vladimir |
| 0:36.9 | Putin's aggression against Ukraine in 2014. Then, the Obama administration denied Ukraine |
| 0:43.4 | lethal assistance because of concerns about corruption and about getting into a war with |
| 0:48.2 | Russia. The Trump administration reversed that decision. The Biden administration has |
| 0:54.4 | gone much, much further. This is pretty much the response McCain would have designed. |
| 1:00.4 | And it comes with risks. With 45 days to go until the midterm elections, I'm John |
| 1:06.9 | Prado, and there's checks and balance from the economist. |
| 1:12.8 | Each week we take one big theme, shaping American politics, and explore it in depth. |
| 1:25.4 | Today, we're looking at the remarkably successful response from Congress in the White House |
| 1:30.6 | to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| 1:39.4 | The world should see the outrageous acts for what they are, said Joe Biden of Russia's |
| 1:43.7 | invasion of Ukraine in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly this week. |
| 1:48.3 | So far, America has led efforts to support Ukraine's fight against the aggressor next door. |
| 1:53.4 | But with Vladimir Putin calling up more troops, and once again threatening to use nuclear weapons, |
| 1:58.8 | how sustainable is this support in the West? And with the midterm elections poised to change |
| 2:04.1 | the balance of power in Congress, for how long can Biden continue to rely on backing |
| 2:09.1 | for his Ukraine policy at home? |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Economist, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Economist and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.