In this week’s episode of the New Rules podcast, host Dimitri Simes Jr. speaks with former CIA and State Department analyst Larry Johnson on Biden’s diminishing options on Ukraine, the growing risk of dangerous escalation in the conflict, and how the US military and CIA turned into a “freak show.”
In this week’s episode of the New Rules podcast, host Dimitri Simes Jr. speaks with former US Marine and geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic on why the Ukrainian counteroffensive was “doomed to fail” from the very beginning, the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius, and the looming showdown between the US and China in Asia.
Analysts say Ukraine has stepped up its activity along the front line, seeking notably to pin Russia down and inflict maximum casualties around the flashpoint town of Bakhmut. But has the long-promised counter offensive against Moscow s invasion actually begun?