I'm going to ask you one question each year in terms of best and worst case scenario on the Jets. What do you, what keeps you up at night here? Well, it's not so much specifically the Jets. It's how this will be read in Moscow because of course, Rajan has said quite quite rightly that the that Biden and at least important parts of his administration are anxious to maintain a limited policy. But of course, that's not necessarily how it's seen in Moscow. I mean, just as we have over time, you know, regularly misinterpreted,. You know, what Russia has been doing over the years.
As the war in Ukraine reaches its one year anniversary, there is still no clear end in sight. And while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy anticipates Russia’s spring offensive, he’s been clear in asking the West for one thing - fighter jets. On this episode of the podcast defence expert Rajan Menon and policy expert Anatol Lieven discuss how crucial jets could be for Ukraine’s defence, what the western countries’ national interest is in giving them, and whether support for Ukraine in this war could wane as time goes on. Our host for this episode is The Sunday Times Special Correspondent, Josh Glancy.
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