Introduction

Each week on this podcast, we explore in depth and candour some major issue of topical importance or historical significance. We are joined by robert gates, a man who has served in the united states national security field for 50 years,. He was secretary of defence most recently under both president obame and president george w. Bush. Or els, we were talking about krane and russia. Tha, while expressing obvious condemnation and horror at what vladimir puton is doing in ukrane, have said that we in the west bear some responsibility for this.