The day after Biden's first State of the Union address, during which he lauded the sanctions imposed on Russia, Chris Miller, a Jean Kirkpatrick Visiting Fellow at AEI, joins Giselle, Dalibor and Iulia to talk sanctions.

Chris assesses how effective the US' and EU's sanctions on Russia are, how long it will take to see their effects, and how they will affect the global economy. He also notes a change in American public opinion as he finds that Americans are more and more likely to support damaging sanctions on Russia, like energy sanctions, even though they might negatively affect the American economy. Chris and our hosts also reflect on how sanctions and Russia's war on Ukraine will play out in India, China, and the Middle East.

References: The risks of delay loom large (The Dispatch) by Giselle Donnelly; Special briefing: The Middle East and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine (The Middle East Institute) by Iulia Joja et al.; The new Russian sanctions playbook (Foreign Affairs) by Chris Miller; Paul Salem on Arab countries and Ukraine