Viona, we heard from president biden yesterday what may have been a slip or not. Is he going to go big in terms of a full scale invasion of ukrane? It would be one of the most devastating challenges to the international system since world war two. And another point that i just want to say here, first of all, is, tat all this is playing into russia's hands too.
Foreign policy and national security expert Fiona Hill is a go-to voice in Washington for understanding the longstanding tensions between the US and Russia. Her latest book, There Is Nothing For You Here, is part memoir, part reflection on how factors ranging from deindustrialisation to disenfranchisement over the course of decades have left a swathe of voters in nations such as the US, UK and Russia, open to populist policies and strongman leaders.
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