Introduction

Anastasia Kapetas and Kyle Wilson take a look at Russia’s history, use of propaganda and how Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was consistent with the evolution of his rule over the past two decades. Dr Jacob Wallis and Dr Samantha Hoffman discuss China’s messaging around the conflict in Ukraine. They consider the messaging by China’s diplomats and Chinese state media at different stages of the conflict, something they explored in their recent report ‘China's messaging on the Ukraine conflict’. Mentioned in this episode: ‘China's messaging on the Ukraine conflict’: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/chinas-messaging-ukraine-conflict Guests (in order of appearance): Anastasia Kapetas: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/anastasia-kapetas Kyle Wilson: https://ces.cass.anu.edu.au/people/mr-kyle-wilson Dr Jacob Wallis: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/jacob-wallis Dr Samantha Hoffman: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/samantha-hoffman Music: "Blue Mood" by Robert Munzinger