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Putin’s High Stakes Game

Putin’s High Stakes Game

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler vor 4 Jahren

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This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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From the crisis in American democracy to the collapse of the Middle East’s petrochemical oligarchies, this is your guide to the dangers that mass media isn’t covering.

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Putin’s undeserved reputation as a master strategist means some
analysts have employed the metaphor of chess to his invasion of
Ukraine, but is the Russian President actually playing poker with
the West? Jason Pack, non-resident fellow at the Middle East
Institute and 2018 World Champion in doubles backgammon, talks to
Arthur Snell about the high stakes game between NATO and Russia,
and why the Kremlin might have overplayed their hand. We're putting
out irregular war bulletins covering different aspects of the
Ukraine crisis. You can support our work on the crowdfunding app
Patreon: http://doomsdaywatch.co.uk Resources to help the Ukrainian
people can be found here: https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/ Jason's
Foreign Policyarticle can be found here:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/04/09/beat-putin-poker-ukraine-call-bluff/
“A treaty is a piece of paper, and it’s only as strong as the
commitment of the signatories to enforce it.” “NATO Article 5
has only been invoked once, by America in the aftermath of 9/11.”
“Diplomacy and war have always been understood as games.”
“Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin surprised Hitler all the
time, we are much more reactive these days.” “The reality is,
the US, the UK and NATO are at war with Russia.” “Having the
lights go out in St Petersburg for 2 hours doesn’t pose an
escalatory risk, in fact it makes Putin look bad to his own
people.” “If Putin loses big time in the Donbass, he will
have to reevaluate his position.” DOOMSDAY WATCH was written and
presented by Arthur Snell, and produced by Robin Leeburn with Jacob
Archbold. Theme tune and original music by Paul Hartnoll. Group
Editor: Andrew Harrison. DOOMSDAY WATCH is a Podmasters production.
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