Mar 26, 2022 • 17M

Audio: NATO Expansion and Putin's War in Ukraine

The Russian attack on Ukraine is a direct response to NATO's post-Cold War strategy of undoing the Russian sphere of influence in Eastern Europe.

 
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This is the audio version of an article I originally published in this newsletter on 9 March 2022, narrated in my own voice.

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