Debating Russia-Ukraine (Robert Wright & Eli Lake)

Robert Wright's Nonzero

Nonzero

News & Politics, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2022

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Eli’s assessment of the Russo-Ukrainian War to date ... Is a negotiated end to the war in sight? ... Bob and Eli debate the implications of the leaked 2014 Victoria Nuland call ... Is the war in Russia’s interest? Or Putin’s? ... What options remain for more forceful intervention (that won’t lead to nuclear war)? ... Eli’s idea for a UN alternative sans Russia and (maybe) China ... Debating America's track record as keeper of the “rules-based order” ... Bob and Eli unite against the new McCarthyism ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast from Blogging Heads TV.
0:08.8	Hi, Eli.
0:10.8	Hi, Bob.
0:12.1	How are you doing?
0:13.5	Good.
0:14.8	But, you know, the world is coming apart.
0:17.2	Yeah.
0:17.4	During a horrifying war.
0:19.0	Let me introduce us.
0:20.2	I'm Robert Wright, host of The Right show, which this is.
0:23.5	I'm also publisher of Non-Zer Newsletter.
0:25.4	You are Eli Lake.
0:27.1	I am a contributing editor at commentary.
0:29.9	Yeah.
0:31.0	A fellow at the Clemens Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin.
0:39.5	Oh.
0:40.3	Where I focus on national security journalism.
0:43.3	Do you ever go down there?
0:44.3	Do you ever go down there to Austin?
0:45.5	That's a mere, you know, hours or two drive from my high school.
0:50.8	I have been to Austin, but I got the gig during COVID, so I haven't gone since.
0:57.6	Check it out.
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