Insights on Ukraine War with General Hodges

On this episode of Reaganism, host Roger Zakheim, Director at the Reagan Institute, speaks with General Ben Hodges, retired commander of the United States Army in Europe and currently the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis. Roger and Gen. Hodges discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, European security in the face of Russian aggression, and the role of the United States in global affairs and security.

Table Of Contents:
0:00 Overestimating Russia
3:18 Intent v. Capability
7:22 Weapons for Assistance
13:12 Making Money Moves
17:16 Clarity & Decisiveness
23:35 A Catistrophic Decision
25:49 Operational Level of War
28:47 What Ukraine Needs
32:54 Conflict Escalation
35:15 Impossible Weakness
39:05 Russia or China
41:37 Russian Military Status
43:54 Ending the War
45:41 Lightning Round