For today’s show, Thursday host Allen Ruff looks beyond the typical explanations and analyses of Ukraine offered by the mainstream media with political scientist and Eastern Europe expert David Ost.

David Ost is professor of political science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where he researches political transformations in Eastern Europe (particularly Poland), comparative labor and democracy, and globalization and political economy.

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