Insights from January 2022

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US/Russia/NATO talks in Geneva. Australian Broadcasting Company. January 11, 2022. (audio interview, Emily Channell-Justice)

Where things stand between the US and Russia,” with Sue O’Connell. NECN, January 11, 2022. (video interview, Carol R. Saivetz)

Ce qui se passe maintenant en Ukraine est crucial et aura des conséquences pour les décennies à venir,” by Adrien Jaulmes. Le Figaro. January 21, 2022. English version: “What happens now in Ukraine is crucial and will have consequences for decades to come.News in 24. (interview, Serhii Plokhii; subscription required)

Is the US headed for another war? We asked an expert in diplomacy, Putinism and Ukraine,” with Dave D’Alessandro. nj.com. January 26, 2022. (interview article, Margarita Balmaceda)

Experts from NATO countries disagree on how to approach Ukraine,” co-authored with Nadiia Koval, Mykola Riabchuk, Kateryna Zarembo and Marianna Fakhurdinova. The Washington Post. January 26, 2022. (article, Volodymyr Kulyk)

The empire returns: Russia, Ukraine and the long shadow of the Soviet Union.” Financial Times. January 27, 2022. (Serhii Plokhii, subscription required)

Famine, subjugation and nuclear fallout: How Soviet experience helped sow resentment among Ukrainians toward Russia,” co-authored with Jacob Lassin. The Conversation.  January 27, 2022. (article, Emily Channell-Justice)

Ukraine and Russia: two countries whose memories of a ‘shared’ past could not be more different,” co-authored with Félix Krawatzek. The Conversation, January 27, 2022. (article, George Soroka)

Starr Forum: The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict: A prologue to WWIII or another frozen conflict? MIT Center for International Studies.  January 28, 2022. (video, Serhii Plokhii)

VOICES: We have a duty to stand up to Putin, authoritarianism.” Dayton Daily News. January 28, 2022. (op-ed, Christian Raffensperger)

What can the west do for the Ukrainian people? They can be united and say it’s not ok to annex territories, to bully smaller countries.The Currency. January 29, 2022. (audio, Serhii Plokhii, subscription required)

From Stalin to Putin, Ukraine is still trying to break free from Moscow. NPR Morning Edition. January 31, 2022. (audio/transcript, Serhii Plokhii)