Battleground Shifts: Ukraine’s Next Moves & Russia’s Endgame (with Fred Kagan)

On this episode of The Eastern Front, Dalibor and Iulia welcome Fred Kagan, senior fellow and director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute, to discuss the state of the war in Ukraine. How worried should we be about Russian advances on the battlefield? How likely is Putin to consider negotiations and what factors are at play in getting him to agree to a ceasefire?In their news segment, Dalibor and Iulia discuss the mood on the ground in Ukraine and Romanian elections. From his visit to Ukraine, Dalibor assesses how the country is thinking about safe negotiations. How should Romania respond to Russian interference in the election?Show notes: Sign up for The Eastern Front‘s bi-weekly newsletter here and follow us on X here. Read Iulia's piece with the Middle East Institute here, and find Dalibor's recommended article here.

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Ensuring the balance of power in Europe has, since the inception of our republic, been a core security interest for the US. Today, and for the entire post-Cold War period, the challenges to the European peace have emerged along the line running roughly from the Baltic to the Black Sea. This is what we call the Eastern Front. Our goal in this podcast is to better inform the American people about what’s going on there. Join us, Iulia Joja and Dalibor Rohac every week on in our discussions on what’s next for “The Eastern Front.”