Guest: Mark Sleboda. We talk about the likelihood of Russian intervention in Ukraine, the options available to them, and the overall situation with the standoff between NATO and Russia. 

Mark Sleboda is an International Affairs & Security Analyst, a US Navy veteran, a university lecturer and a foreign policy realist.

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Recorded January 26, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

Reference Links:

1. Around the Empire: Ep 213 Ukraine Escalation feat Mark Sleboda
2. Around the Empire: Ep 157 Crisis of Confidence in Ukraine feat Mark Sleboda
3. Around the Empire: Ep 120 Ukraine Political Transformation? feat Mark Sleboda
4. Around the Empire: Ep 99 Ukraine feat Mark Sleboda
5. Around the Empire: Ep 141 Maidan Massacre in Ukraine feat Ivan Katchanovski
6. A Year After 1/6, Ukraine's War Draws U.S. Far-Right to Fight Russia, Train for Violence at Home, Tom O’Connor, Naveed Jamali, Newsweek