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Quillette Podcast #185: Shmuel Bar on the War in Ukraine, and the Failure of Western Deterrence

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5 Apr 2022 · 1 min read

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to intelligence expert Shmuel Bar about why Putin bungled the war in Ukraine, why NATO didn’t do enough to deter the Russians, and what happens next. Read our guest’s recent Quillette article, Deterrence After Ukraine—A Critical Analysis, here.

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