The Big Story: Russia’s War on Ukraine

After years of threats, Vladimir Putin’s Russian forces invaded Ukraine—culminating in the largest attack against one European state by another since the Second World War. What happens now?

Join Anne Applebaum, Tom Nichols, and Jeffrey Goldberg as they examine the global reaction, the effectiveness of sanctions, and how to address the rise of authoritarianism and ongoing threats to democracy.

[michaeloconnor]

Terrific discussion, expertly moderated. I'm fan of Anne Applebaum's work

[fredhochberg]

A singularly insightful discussion. Their summary represents the background that informs a clear American voice.

[brucedb]

Worthwhile discussion. Offered some nuance and colour to what is confusing but criminal action on the world stage.

[nancylanoue]

Thank you Atlantic for bringing the observations these two incisive writers together to deeply delve into this urgent world security issue which has captured our hopes and fears.

[alexpacific]

I'd love to have a transcript. Excellent webinar.

[IndustrialBonecraft]

"The Russian army is not what we expected." Seems like we've been here before.

[summerification]

Really appreciate going deeper than short takes on cable. Thank you Atlantic. This should be longer and really let the experts speak w/o rushing---people are thirsty for more than speculation used to fill air time.

[ninasmolyar]

thank you for this discussion. appreciated everything that was shared. in the future, please consider facilitating so that each panelist gets equal time, with extra care for historical and current disparities between platforming of voices according to gender. i found myself thinking since at least middle of the hour: "let Anne speak". thank you.

[thehappyhound]

Excellent discussion! Thank you for doing this. I definitely would love to see a long form article about Andropov….especially now. He seemed like such a bland little man. Please do more of these discussions, at any rate!

[thomaslepkowski]

Nice to watch the grownups having a thoughtful discussion.

[sergiomontesdeoca]

This was FANTASTIC!! Thanks, Both of them are so knowledgeable and exciting to hear!

[LordFuzzandBeak]

This was such an excellent discussion, very on-point, and to the point.

[VajrahahaShunyata]

She said Biden should attempt to explain how important this is in a way Americans can understand....
She said it with a straight face....😲🤓🧐

[estjxwt]

Ah.
The establishment.
All ready to go and so willing to tell us what to think.

[roxee]

Thank you. Hopefully no one will utter “the end of history” again until humanity has lived at least a thousand years without geopolitical conflict.

[dekebrodie]

This was great, and useful, and prescient. Thank you. Hopefully we can see more of these guests, who were such good value?

[apriljourney]

This discussion by @JeffreyGoldberg, managing editor, @AnneApplebaum, staff writer, and Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom, contributing writer, all of @TheAtlantic is very much worth listening to for their perspectives on Putin and his invasion of Ukraine.

[davidbarclay]

Recognizing that analogies from history are always of limited utility, Nicholas I (ruled 1825-1855) reminds me of Putin in various respects. Coming to power after the Decembrist revolt, Nicholas proceeded to impose a doctrine of Official Nationality to separate Russia from Western Europe. Its three pillars were Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality. Nicholas invaded Hungary in 1849, and his war with the Ottoman Empire, triggered by the conflict over the Holy Places in Jerusalem, led to the Crimean debacle at the end of his reign. That said, it's known that Putin admires Alexander III, Nicholas's grandson. I mention all this because Putin claims to look back to the Imperial Russian past.

[DebGurke]

I was distracted by one thing. It was not easy for Anne to speak. Tom almost always responded to a question first and then went on for a bit. I found this distracting.

[dgillies]

Nice comparisons to Andropov. I'm just barely old enough to remember him since I became interested in the Soviet Union in college in 1980. The invasion, however, if going just as expected, they were just preparing to shell the crap out of the cities which is how 75% of people are murdered in war.