Angry Planet

"America Is an Idealist Power in a Reapolitik World"

Apr 15, 2022

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The Balkans - Is There a Connection?

04:31

Were the Russians in Part Right?

02:27

You're You'll Push on Me for This, I Hope.

05:34

Introduction

2min

China and Russia - A Geo Political Watershed?

5min

The Story of Ideological Overreach

2min

The United States and the War in Ukraine

4min

You're You'll Push on Me for This, I Hope.

6min

Do You Think the Intervention of Bosnia and Me Was Effective?

4min

The Balkans - Is There a Connection?

5min

Were the Russians in Part Right?

2min

The Middle East and America's Relationship With Russia

5min

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We're Not Going to Get Climate Change Under Control Unless We Work Hard With China

5min

Over the past month, we’ve discussed a lot of specifics regarding the War in Ukraine. We’ve gone over the role of tanks, talked about Putin’s motives, and discussed War Crimes. What we haven’t done, really, is look at the big picture.

What does this war mean, not just for Ukraine, but for Europe and America. What is the future of NATO? Increasingly, it feels like we’re on the precipice of something … new and, perhaps, frightening.

With us today to talk through all this is Charles A. Kupchan. Kupchan is a professor of international affairs at Georgetown University and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

He’s just written an op-ed in the New York Times titled Putin’s War in Ukraine Is a Watershed. Time for America to Get Real.

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