127. ANALYSIS: Luca Anceschi on Central Asia and Russia’s invasion - recalibration of relations with Moscow, role of China in the region & view of the invasion from the region

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

62. ANALYSIS: Matthew Light on post-Soviet states and the Ukraine conflict - trajectories of post-Soviet states, the Baltics, Kazhakstan, Russian-speaking populations, NATO’s role and more: This was an extensive, in-depth and informative discussion with Matthew Light, Associate Professor of Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto, expert on post-Soviet states. Matthew outlines the different trajectories of post-Sovie... by War in Ukraine: Update from Kyiv

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82 ANALYSIS: Four-star Gen. of US Air Force Phillip Breedlove (ret.) on NATO, weapons for Ukraine, and what Ukraine requires for success: Retired four-star General of the US Air Force, General Philip Breedlove, who served as NATO Supreme Allied Commander to Europe from 2013 to 2016, discusses NATO's response to Russia's incursions into Ukrainian territory in 2014, whether weapons to Ukrain... by War in Ukraine: Update from Kyiv

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76. ANALYSIS: Volodymyr Dubovyk on Ukraine-Russia recent grain export deal, Russian missile strikes on Odessa’s port, Ukraine’s motivations for the deal and chances of success: Volodymyr Dubovyk, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations at Mechnikov National University in Odessa, discusses the recent grain export deal agreed between Ukraine and Russia, subsequent Russian missile strikes on a port in Odes... by War in Ukraine: Update from Kyiv

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61. KYIV UPDATE: Oleksandr Kraiev on the Russian invasion, life in Kyiv, and expected developments in coming months: Oleksandr Kraiev, Director of the North America Program at the Ukrainian Prism Foreign Policy Council in Kyiv, discusses the full-cale Russian invasion, life in Kyiv, and developments in coming months. Oleksandr Kraiev - Ukrainian Prism Foreign Policy... by War in Ukraine: Update from Kyiv

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92. ANALYSIS: Nona Shahnazarian on impacts of the war in Yerevan, Armenia - and the trauma of loss as fallout from conflict: Nona Shahnazarian, Senior Research Fellow at the National Academy of Sciences in Yerevan, Armenia, comments on the impact of the war on Yerevan, including an influx of Russian citizens to Yerevan post-24-Feb, and discusses the trauma of loss, how the eff... by War in Ukraine: Update from Kyiv

14 min listen