The following is a transcripted excerpt from an episode The News with Paul DeRienzo on WBAI where EMN Senior Fellow Gregory Daddis was interviewed to discuss the “Russia and Ukraine War’s New Phase.”

“I don’t think Putin’s all that interested in talking to the West…

Putin assumed that the war was going to be quick… and that hasn’t been the case.

Policymakers making assumptions about the use of military force and how quickly that military force will achieve political objectives.

We’ve seen over and over again how some of these assumptions are faulty.”

Listen to the full episode here.

Policymakers making assumptions about the use of military force and how quickly that military force will achieve political objectives. We’ve seen over and over again how some of these assumptions are faulty.

Gregory Daddis