64. ANALYSIS: Jamie Shea - former NATO official - responds to NATO 2022 Strategic Concept, Russia’s invasion, NATO’s response, and what Swedish and Finnish membership means for the alliance.

$54. ANALYSIS: Greg Carleton on Russia’s identity of perpetual war and how fractures in Russia’s national story might shape the trajectory of Ukraine conflict: Greg Carleton, Professor of Literature and Cultural Studies at Tufts University, joins me to discuss Russia's national identity of engaging in a perpetual war, the stories that underpin this identity, and the way in which fractures in these stories might...$

64. ANALYSIS: Jamie Shea - former NATO official - responds to NATO 2022 Strategic Concept, Russia’s invasion, NATO’s response, and what Swedish and Finnish membership means for the alliance. by War in Ukraine: Update from Kyiv

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74. KYIV UPDATE: Maksym Yali on Ukraine counteroffensive: importance of Kherson, possible timeline & significance of 11 September election in Russia: Maksym Yali, Professor of International Relations at the National Aviation University in Kyiv, discusses the possibility for a Ukrainian counteroffensive and the importance of a counteroffensive in Kherson before the Russian elections on 11 September thi... by War in Ukraine: Update from Kyiv

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60. DEEP DIVE: Matthew Ford and Andrew Hoskins on Radical War - data, digitization, smartphones and war - the new war ecology of the 21st Century: Matthew Ford, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex, and Andrew Hoskins, Professor of Global Security at the University of Glasgow discuss Radical War - the way in which data and digitization are transforming warfare in t... by War in Ukraine: Update from Kyiv

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83: ANALYSIS: Aleksandar Matovski on Popular Dictatorships - electoral authoritarianism, Putin’s popularity, the utility of crisis, & domestic legitimation as a driver of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Aleksandar Matovski, Assistant Professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, breaks down the internal function of 'Popular Dictatorships' - electoral autocracies - regimes in which authoritarian leaders need t... by War in Ukraine: Update from Kyiv

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96. ANALYSIS: Oleksandr Seredyuk on Russian colonialism, the war in Ukraine, and Russian disunity as Ukraine retakes captured territory: Oleksandr Seredyuk, graduate student at Ca'Foscari University of Venice and researcher with the Global Leaders in Unity and Evolvement think tank, discusses growing up in Ukraine, Russian colonialism, the war in Ukraine, and Russian disunity as Ukraine g... by War in Ukraine: Update from Kyiv

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72. ANALYSIS: Mart Kuldkepp on Estonia, Baltic states, Baltic Sea security and the war in Ukraine: Mart Kuldkepp, Associate Professor of Scandanavian History and Politics at University College London, discusses the Baltic states and the war in Ukraine: Estonia's support for Ukraine, Ukraine-Baltic relations, the extent of Russia's threat to Baltic sta... by War in Ukraine: Update from Kyiv

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