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Zelensky’s Gambits, Putin’s Game Plan (Robert Wright & Anatol Lieven)
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Zelensky’s Gambits, Putin’s Game Plan (Robert Wright & Anatol Lieven)

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0:00 Is Ukraine’s Kursk invasion failing?
6:05 Why Russia may outlast the West in Ukraine
14:20 Zelensky’s cabinet shakeup
16:50 Prospects for a peace deal
26:25 Russian elites’ views on the war
36:44 How the Global South can help end the conflict
42:40 Heading to Overtime

Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Anatol Lieven (The Quincy Institute). Recorded September 05, 2024.

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Overtime titles:

0:00 Can the West guarantee Ukraine’s post-war security?
13:17 The extent of Ukraine’s devastation
17:50 Escalation dangers in the war’s current phase
30:13 Anatol’s reporting on Russia’s war crimes in Bucha
38:02 Why didn’t Biden try harder to prevent the war?

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