Episode Details

It’s been a mixed summer for Ukraine. Kyiv’s counteroffensive is progressing slowly, and the country was stymied in its bid to join NATO. But Russia has suffered military setbacks, and the West continues to offer Ukraine important security guarantees. Andrea Kendall-Taylor joins FP Live host Ravi Agrawal to discuss the latest in the war and assess where things might head next. Kendall-Taylor is the director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for New American Security.

Suggested reading:

Simon Sebag Montefiore: Putin’s Fear of Strong Generals Is as Old as Russia Itself

Anastasia Edel: Inside Putin’s Surreal Television Empire

Jack Detsch: Wagner Mutiny Rattles the Kremlin’s War in Ukraine

Stephen M. Walt: Cluster Bombs and the Contradictions of Liberalism

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