Final week Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine, reshaping world affairs and prompting mass struggling inside Ukraine. On this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast Galen talks concerning the ongoing conflict and the way Russian and Western tensions got here to a head in Ukraine with Samuel Charap, a Russian/Eurasian professional from the RAND Company.
Galen additionally discusses how the Ukraine-Russia battle is affecting American politics with FiveThirtyEight staffers and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux outlines how Ketanji Brown Jackson’s affirmation might have an effect on the Supreme Court docket.
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