The Edition: how will it end?
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🗓️ 2 February 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
How will the war on Ukraine end?
This is the question that Russia correspondent Owen Matthews asks in his cover piece for The Spectator. He is joined by Rose Gottemoeller, former deputy secretary general of Nato, to discuss whether the end is in sight (01:02).
Also this week:
Matthew Parris interviews the theologian and ethicist Nigel Biggar on the legacy of Empire. They have kindly allowed us to hear an extract from their conversation, printed as a dialogue in this week's issue. They discuss Nigel's motivations for writing his controversial new book Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning, and reconsider the economics of colonialism (18:52).
And finally:
Neil Clark writes that greyhound racing should not be banned, despite the news that the RSPCA has changed it position to oppose the sport. He is joined by Vanessa Hudson, leader of the Animal Welfare Party, to debate whether dog racing has had its day (29:03).
Hosted by William Moore.
Produced by Oscar Edmondson.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Can Accord Genuity Wealth Management, experienced wealth planners and investment managers who offer unwavering support in challenging times. |
| 0:10.0 | Visit can-dowealth.com for more information. Hello and welcome to the edition podcast from The Spectator. |
| 0:24.9 | Each week we look at three pieces from the magazine with the writers behind them. |
| 0:29.3 | I'm William Moore, the Spectator's Features Editor. |
| 0:32.3 | On this week's episode, I'll be talking about likely scenarios for the end of the war in Ukraine, hearing an extract from |
| 0:39.7 | Matthew Parris's interview with Nigel Bigger on the legacy of colonialism, and asking whether |
| 0:45.4 | greyhound racing has had its day. First up, how will it end? That is the question that the |
| 0:52.0 | spectators Russia correspondent Owen Matthew Matthews, considers for his cover |
| 0:55.6 | piece this week. He joins me now, along with Rose Gautomerler, former Deputy Secretary |
| 1:00.9 | General of NATO. Owen, to start with, could you outline for our listeners the different |
| 1:07.0 | scenarios for the end of the war in Ukraine. And of those scenarios, which one do you |
| 1:13.2 | think is the most likely? Well, my piece is not an exercise in crystal ball gazing. It's really |
| 1:21.5 | about highlighting some issues with the endgame of this war that I think are underappreciated but actually |
| 1:28.8 | to strategically enormously important and those two the the the two major |
| 1:33.7 | issues which I think are underappreciated is firstly the there's a major |
| 1:38.4 | disconnect between the Ukrainian division of a total victory which includes |
| 1:43.0 | retaking Crimea and the rebel republics of |
| 1:45.7 | Dombas and the primary strategic interests of NATO and the United States in particular. |
| 1:53.5 | And I start off the piece with the reporting that we know from the Washington Post, and I'm sure |
| 1:59.2 | Rose knows it firsthand, that the first |
| 2:02.0 | question that General Mark Millie, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, put in his initial |
| 2:08.3 | briefing back in October of 2021, when he presented that intelligence that suggested that Putin |
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