History doesn't necessarily repeat itself... but it certainly rhymes. At least, that's what we're seeing happen over in Eastern Europe, as the Russian Federation has officially invaded Ukraine.

How'd we get to this point? And how do we make sense of all of it?

Reed Cooley joins the program to give the Sparknotes history of the Russian/Ukraine conflict, plus what we can do in the future to avoid conflicts such as this.

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