The Paul Wells Show

The tyrant next door: The struggle for democracy in Eastern Europe

Dec 7, 2022

40:33

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How Did You Organize Your Campaign in Belarus?

02:54

The Ukrainians Are a Fundamental Threat to Put Inism, and Russia Is a Fundamental Threat to Put Inism

03:53

What Is the Threat of President Lukashenko?

04:53

Introduction

4min

The Latvian James Bond - When Did You Get That Job?

2min

The Baltic States Join NATO and the European Union in 2004

3min

NATO - What Does That Change Entail?

3min

The European Union Is an Existential Threat to Putanism

3min

Putin's War of Choice

3min

The Ukrainians Are a Fundamental Threat to Put Inism, and Russia Is a Fundamental Threat to Put Inism

4min

The Paul Wells Show

3min

The Tsikonovskaya Story

4min

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How Did You Organize Your Campaign in Belarus?

3min

11.

What Is the Threat of President Lukashenko?

5min

12.

Is There a Lesson That Western Leaders Are Sometimes Too Slow to Learn?

3min

13.

Do You Support the War in Ukraine?

5min

This week, Paul has two conversations about the struggle for democracy in Eastern Europe, with people who are living through it. First, Janis Kazocins, national security advisor to the president of Latvia, talks about what lessons we can draw from the Baltic states to shed light on Ukraine, NATO and Russia.

Next, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya talks about how she went from being an “ordinary housewife” to running as the pro-democracy candidate in the Belarusian election. Though there’s reason to believe she won, her opponent claimed victory and crushed dissent. Paul spoke to her onstage at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

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