What Next - The Long View on Russia’s Invasion
What Next | Daily News and Analysis
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Russia went all in last week, sending troops across the border with Ukraine and raining shells on the country. Experts are saying Putin’s brash invasion of his neighbor is shifting the world order in significant ways. In the face of this aggression, how should NATO respond? Can history serve as a guide?
Guest: Fred Kaplan, Slate’s War Stories correspondent.
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| 0:31.9 | Hey everyone, it's Sunday, February 27th. |
| 0:35.3 | I am usually not in your feed over the weekend, |
| 0:39.1 | but with the announcement today that Ukraine has agreed to diplomatic talks with Russia |
| 0:43.2 | and with Vladimir Putin putting his nuclear arsenal on high alert, |
| 0:47.7 | we wanted to get this conversation out a bit earlier than usual. |
| 0:52.1 | We recorded it last week. |
| 0:53.3 | Many observers have been caught off guard by Ukraine's ability to fend off Russian forces so far. |
| 1:00.5 | But Slate's Fred Kaplan, he's not among them. |
| 1:03.8 | In this conversation, we talked about how the history of Russian aggression |
| 1:08.2 | and democratic pushback have led us to this moment. |
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