
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.
This is the companion podcast to Realpolitik, a newsletter about the art of the possible in modern politics. It offers less propaganda and a deeper historical perspective than you might be used to. But every podcast has its biases. So please think for yourself and come to your own conclusions.
This is the audio version of an article I originally published in this newsletter on 9 March 2022, narrated in my own voice.