In this special edition of the podcast, Kelley & Dan talk about Vladimir Putin's move to send 'peacekeepers' into Eastern Ukraine after he recognized the breakaway republics of Luhansk and Donetsk as independent states in a fiery speech on Sunday. Will Washington and Kyiv hold back and not take the bait, or will pro-war hawks and humanitarian interventionists push us closer to war and global economic chaos? We also talk to longtime nuclear weapons expert and author Joe Cirincione about his frustration over Biden's status quo nuclear posture, which is all about Great Power Competition and kowtowing to industry interests. We also discuss how this plays into the Russian crisis today.
More from Joe Cirincione:
Biden promised nuclear-policy reform. He’s not delivering. -- Washington Post, 2/22/2022
Achieving a Safer U.S. Nuclear Posture -- The Quincy Institute, 2/9/2022
How the nuclear game is rigged to maintain the status quo -- Responsible Statecraft, 11/9/2021
US-Russia in crisis: What next after Putin's bald move in Eastern Ukraine?