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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: One Year of War in Ukraine: The View from Europe
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Nikos Sotirakopoulos and Ziemowit Gowin mark the one-year anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine by discussing European attitudes towards Russia before and after the launch of the all-out campaign.
Among the topics covered:
How European nations found themselves heavily reliant on Russian gas exports;
How European leaders' lack of principled thinking led to a refusal to recognize pre-invasion Russia as an authoritarian state, despite past acts of military aggression;
The surprisingly strong and moral reaction of European countries to the invasion;
The lessons Europeans have learned from the invasion and the...