The Eastern Front celebrates its 100th episode with special guest Dr. Hal Brands who is a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. Brands joins Giselle, Iulia, and Dalibor to discuss changes to strategic thinking and grand strategy making in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Brands reviews World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and Russia's 2022 invasion to make the case that we are living in the "age of Ukraine". Brands explains the implications for security in Europe and Asia and considers how the US should strategize accordingly.

Show notes: "In Every Modern War, Ukraine Has Been the Big Prize" by Hal Brands; "Big Lesson of the Ukraine War: There’s Only One Superpower" by Hal Brands; The Twilight Struggle by Hal Brands; sign up for The Eastern Front's biweekly newsletter here.