The world is too divided. The united states is no longer seen as the global policeman. We are not the cheer leader of global values. And so just saying that we do have the global reserve currency, we are going to hurt the russian economy structurally. I mean, they will be in a depression on the back of this. Their g t p will probably contract by ten to 15%. That's a big deal. But you said, will it? Well, will the maximum sanctions be an action forcing event? That implies, to me, will putton be forced to behave differently in ucran an, more broadly, will he need to capitulate o because of the sanctions
Sam Harris speaks with Ian Bremmer about the ongoing war in Ukraine. They discuss the current state of the war, the power of sanctions, Biden's "gaffe" about regime change, fear of nuclear war, the logic of mutually assured destruction, the role of China, the most likely outcomes of the war, and other topics.
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