Empire

Extended interview: Russia’s endgame

We speak to political scientist James Mearsheimer, economist Padma Desai, and former US ambassador James Matlock.

In an extended interview for Empire – Towards a post post-Cold War era , host Marwan Bishara is at the Russian Tea Room in New York, with political scientist James Mearsheimer, Columbia academic and economist Padma Desai, and James Matlock, who served as US ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991, to discuss Russia’s endgame in Ukraine.

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