Thread by @ClaireBerlinski

claireberlinski.substack.com/p/the-ukraine-… Listen to the Cosmopolicast with @VladDavidzon and @IlvesToomas as we discuss the war in Ukraine:

Here are some of the topics we covered:

How Russia uses frozen enclaves to dominate the post-Soviet space;
The folly of “negotiating” with Russia;
Does the Biden Administration understand that a frozen conflict is victory for Russia?

Does the West understand how catastrophic a Russian victory would be?
Do the big powers want Ukraine to win?
The Western approach-avoidance conflict;
Loose nukes and the Budapest Memorandum;
Why Russia won’t break up on ethnic lines, but might descend into medieval warlordism;

The schism between Central and Eastern Europe and the Franco-German engine;
Why Germany won’t #FreeTheLeopards;
The West’s leadership deficit.
Should you be able to burn the Koran in Sweden?
The sources and consequences of European technocracy;

Why is the West dominated by mediocrities?
Will we succeed in getting enough weapons into Ukraine’s hands?
Will Ukraine run out of bullets before Russia runs out of bodies?
The brewing Russian counteroffensive;
The prospects for a Russian uprising;

The prospects for a Russian Night of the Long Knives;
The prospects for a liberal Russia;
The sources of Russia’s resentment of Ukraine;
How Ukrainians envision the future;
How we rate Biden’s management of the conflict;
Is Jake Sullivan the Administration’s weak link?

What it will take to get the Russians out of Ukraine?
Will Russian war criminals ever face justice?
Why are America’s National Conservatives so obtuse?
What we’d do differently if we were running the Biden Administration.

And we also discuss @davidfrum, @peterpomeranzev, @TimothyDSnyder, @benjaminwittes, and lots more.
Thanks, Vlad and Toomas!