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Ep 335: A Deep Dive Into Ukraine vs Russia

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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Russia's Strategic Demise in the War on Ukraine

We don't know the terms of the deal. I expect you would have driven a hard bargain. Putin did something remarkable when this conflict erupted. He said things so, so subversive and so dangerous that most people have not dared to even think them. Russia has had a comprehensive strategic defeat in its war on Ukraine. You cannot think of a Russian objective that has been attained. When these things happen in an authoritarian country, it damages the legitimacy of the state. And Putin's ways of creating and encouraging these multiple armies actually creates a raw material for power conflict either before or after Putin.

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