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What is Putin’s mental state?  Is this the autumn of Putinism?  Is the invasion a legitimate response to NATO expansion?  This week, RBI director John Torpey talks to Queens College Professor Julie George about the real motives behind the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the role of NATO and the U.S. in the invasion, the views of Russians and Ukrainians about the war, Putin’s miscalculations of the world’s reaction, and the prospects of nuclear weapons being deployed in the conflict. 

You can find the transcript of this episode here: https://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2022...

02:26 Is Putin mad?
05:18 Where does Ukraine fit into a project that is about reconstructing the Soviet Union/the Russian Empire? And and what might come beyond that?
08:27 Was NATO expansion a provocation?
13:46 Is Putin worried about his legacy?
18:22 Is there an ethnic clash between Ukrainians and Russians?
22:56 Is Putin going to be deposed? Is he fearing that?
29:55 Can we count on reliable information coming from this war?
35:15 Will nuclear weapons be used in this war?