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no bull and the aftermath.

First strategic relationship we should think about it as a series of critical engagements

and this is just one in a chain.

I would hope to see a lot more coming out of the Biden administration.

I'm not 100% certain again that Ukraine is going to get the attention it needs.

Not because of some sort of altruistic view of Ukraine and making Ukraine better and

prosperous but frankly because we don't necessarily fully appraise the value of Ukraine to

US national security.

Ambrice Claim and this is the LawFair podcast Tuesday September 14, 2021.

During the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's subsequent takeover of the

country, some observers were quick to question the US's security commitments to various

countries around the world.

These commentators pointed to countries like Ukraine and Taiwan that have defense relationships

with the United States and said that if the US could not be dependable in Afghanistan,

those countries could not rely on the US to meet its security commitments.

To help make sense of it all, I spoke with experts on Ukraine, Taiwan, Israel, South Korea

and Japan.

We talked about how each country's relationship to the US has evolved under President Biden

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