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Putin’s Disastrous Miscalculation

Putin’s Disastrous Miscalculation

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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Is Russia’s fiasco in Ukraine just Putin’s monstrous folly? Or does
the Russian military have even bigger problems? Arthur Snell hears
from KCL Lecturer for German and European Studies Alexander
Clarkson about how a flawed image of Ukraine as a failed state
sowed the seeds of Russia’s embarrassment. And how, when Putin
invaded Crimea in 2014, he inadvertently began training a
generation of fighters who do not know how to give up. Sound
quality warning! This time Arthur records from a car park in
Swindon. Never let it be said that we don’t go the extra mile for
the Doomsday Watch faithful. We're putting out irregular war
bulletins covering different aspects of the Ukraine crisis. Help
our work, and shape the next full series of Doomsday Watch, by
supporting us on Patreon. Resources to help the Ukrainian people
can be found here: https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/ “How are you going
to occupy a country of 21m people with a force of 150,000 troops?
It’s La La Land.” “The Russians talked themselves into a position
where they had to attack something.” “What really matters is, when
everything goes to hell around you, can you stay calm? Some 400,000
Ukrainians have crossed that psychological threshold. Whatever hits
them, they can do what has to be done." “Everything the Russians
have done is just very… weird. Everything they do triggers what
they’re trying to prevent.” “If Ukraine survives, very mid-sized
states will conclude that, you know what? We can fuck the Americans
or the Chinese.” 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. Learn more
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