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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: John Sullivan: From the Front Lines of Russia’s War Against the West
Description: Three years ago, Russian troops and tanks invaded Ukraine and started the largest land war in Europe since World War II. And like the Second World War, the war in Ukraine has drawn in money, weapons, and even troops from around the world, from the United States to North Korea. The invasion served as a wake-up call to many in the West about the threats posed by Vladimir Putin’s revanchist Russia, even while it drained the Kremlin’s war chest and depleted its military—including a march on Moscow by disgruntled mercenary forces.
John Sullivan served as the...