S04E03: Immi­nent Sce­nar­ios in Ukraine

This episode explores Putin’s threat to democ­ra­cy in Europe and the Ukraine’s con­flict with Rus­sia since the 2014 annex­a­tion of Crimea. Sla­womir Sier­akows­ki dis­cuss­es soft author­i­tar­i­an­ism, the strate­gic sig­nif­i­cance of sanc­tions, and fur­ther artic­u­lates what the war could mean for refugees and ener­gy in Europe.

Guests fea­tured in this episode:

Sla­womir Sier­akows­ki, a Pol­ish soci­ol­o­gist and polit­i­cal ana­lyst, with exten­sive knowl­edge of not only Ukraine and Rus­sia, but also the poten­tial third par­ty in the cur­rent war, Belarus. He is also the founder and edi­tor-in-chief of the Kry­ty­ka Poli­ty­cz­na (Polit­i­cal Cri­tique) mag­a­zine. His more than 400 arti­cles and op-eds include not only pub­li­ca­tions in Pol­ish, but reg­u­lar month­ly columns in the inter­na­tion­al edi­tion of The New York Times and Project Syn­di­cate, among others.