Guest: Mary Dejevsky. We talk about the recent communications between US, NATO and Russia with a realistic view of Russia and Ukraine. In a bonus segment we talk about why the UK establishment is hostile toward Russia. 

Mary Dejevsky is a veteran journalist and columnist, a former  foreign correspondent in Moscow, Paris, Washington and a special correspondent in China. She has written about the collapse of the USSR from inside Moscow and she is an expert on relations between Russia and the western world. She now writes for several media outlets across the political spectrum.

FOLLOW Mary Dejevsky on Twitter @marydejevsky, read her columns at the Independent, at Spiked and The Spectator. Also look for her writing and appearances on various media outlets.  

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Recorded on January 29, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

1. Zbigniew Brzezinski at the Wilson Center June 2014: Mutual Security on Hold? Russia, the West, and European Security Architecture
2. Ukraine’s president is the voice of reason in stand-off with Russia, Mary Dejevsky, The Independent
3. What Putin really wants, Mary Dejevsky, Spiked Online
4. What the US and UK get wrong about Ukraine, Mary Dejevsky, Spiked Online
5. 5,000 helmets and Germany’s dark history in Ukraine, Mary Dejevsky, The Spectator

Guest: Mark Sleboda. We talk about the likelihood of Russian intervention in Ukraine, the options available to them, and the overall situation with the standoff between NATO and Russia. 

Mark Sleboda is an International Affairs & Security Analyst, a US Navy veteran, a university lecturer and a foreign policy realist.

FOLLOW Mark on Twitter @MarkSleboda1 and look for his appearances on RT, Sputnik and other international channels. 

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Recorded January 26, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

1. Around the Empire: Ep 213 Ukraine Escalation feat Mark Sleboda
2. Around the Empire: Ep 157 Crisis of Confidence in Ukraine feat Mark Sleboda
3. Around the Empire: Ep 120 Ukraine Political Transformation? feat Mark Sleboda
4. Around the Empire: Ep 99 Ukraine feat Mark Sleboda
5. Around the Empire: Ep 141 Maidan Massacre in Ukraine feat Ivan Katchanovski
6. A Year After 1/6, Ukraine's War Draws U.S. Far-Right to Fight Russia, Train for Violence at Home, Tom O’Connor, Naveed Jamali, Newsweek