Entering the 2nd Year of the Russo-Ukrainian War with Charles Kupchan

The following conversation is with Charles Kupchan. Kupchan is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and professor of international affairs at Georgetown University in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Government.

From 2014 to 2017, Kupchan served as special assistant to the president and senior director for European affairs on the staff of the National Security Council (NSC) in the Barack Obama administration. He was also director for European affairs on the NSC during the first Bill Clinton administration.  Before joining the Clinton NSC, he worked in the U.S. Department of State on the policy planning staff.  Previously, he was an assistant professor of politics at Princeton University.

Kupchan is the author of Isolationism: A History of America's Efforts to Shield Itself From the World (2020), No One's World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn (2012), How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace (2010) 

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Time stamps:
:30 Where is the war heading in its' second year
4:20 Should the US pursue for a diplomatic solution now
7:05 Shepparding battlefield efforts to peace negotiations
11:40 The possibility of escalation and the use of a tactical nuclear weapon
16:40 Escalation in the war with supplying Ukraine Tanks and the possibility of F16s
22:00 France's possible role in a diplomatic solution
25:25 Boris Johnson's trip to Ukraine in April of 2022
28:20 The Nord Stream Pipeline
32:45 Best possible case scenario in the next 6-12 months

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