A YEAR OF WAR: PART TWO
One year ago, Vladimir Putin launched a war of aggression and a war of choice against Ukraine — and he expected it to be a cakewalk. It wasn’t.
Rather than a quick shock-and-awe assault that would spark regime change in Kyiv, Ukraine has instead fought Russia to a draw – driving its forces away from the capital and fighting them to a standstill in the Donbas.
What drove Putin to initiate the largest land war in Europe since World War II? And why did Russia get it so wrong?
In the second of two episodes marking the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, host Brian Whitmore speaks to the co-authors of a recently published and must-read report: “Why Russia Went To War: A Three Dimensional Perspective.” James Sherr is a Senior Fellow at the International Center for Defense and Security in Tallinn and author of the book Hard Diplomacy and Soft Coercion: Russia’s Influence Abroad. Igor Gretskiy is a Research Fellow at the International Center for Defense and Security. Enjoy…
SHOW NOTES
The audio clips opening the podcast and the second segment were from U.S. President Joe Biden’s speech in Kyiv on February 20. The speech can be viewed here.
The report by James Sherr and Igor Gretskiy, “Why Russia Went To War: A Three Dimensional Perspective,” can be accessed here.
James Sherr’s work for the International Center for Defense and Security can be accessed here.
Igor Gretskiy’s work for the International Center for Defense and Security can be accessed here.