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4. Freedom from Fear

The Reith Lectures

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The Parallels of the 2020s and the 1920s

Vladimir Putin has said his invasion of Ukraine was necessary to right a historical wrong. Peter Bergen: In urging his war in Ukraine, Putin has raised anew the age-old fear of the end of the world. After more than 70 years of the world renouncing the use of nuclear weapons, Putin has threatened to use one on the battlefield, he says. He adds that Russia is not like the United States in the Second World War, seeking to end a brutal, multi-year war in Asia that Japan began.

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