The Putin Problem: Is This Cold War 2.0? Or Will Kanye Save Us?

Never underestimate the shocking antics Kanye West will do! Now - unraveling because of Kim Kardashian's plans to divorce him - he's planning a trip to Russia to meet with President Putin! And you thought our problems with Russia weren't precarious enough?! Putin is playing a cat and mouse game. Can Biden stop Russia from invading Ukraine? Here to talk about this and more is today's guest: Brigadier General Peter B. Zwack (Ret) Defense Attache to Moscow 2012 – 2014. He is a Global Fellow at The Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Senior Russia-Eurasia Research Fellow, National Defense University, and author of Afghanistan Kabul Kurier: One Soldier's Story of the Taliban, Tribes & Loyalties, Opium Trade, & Burqas; and Swimming the Volga: A U.S. Army Officer's Experiences in Pre-Putin Russia. BGr Zwack served in senior military positions both for Republican and Democratic Administrations (Reagan, Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump). These include Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Ambassador to Moscow, Commander of European Command and US Army Europe, commander Kosovo Force and Afghanistan (NATO) and Directors of Defense Intelligence Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and Army Cyber Command. As the senior Defense Attache to Moscow in 2014, he was present when the Russians invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea and had seen a variation of this before. So, he probably knows a lot more about Putin and Russia than Kanye!