Dylan Matthews and Jerusalem Demsas are joined by Vox senior correspondent Zack Beauchamp to talk about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. They discuss Ukraine’s surprising strength to date, plus Europe’s and America’s overwhelming economic response to the invasion. Plus, a white paper about how citizens in authoritarian regimes think about war.

References:

Vox’s podcast playlist: What to know about Russia and Ukraine

All of Vox’s written coverage on Russia and Ukraine 

Zack’s piece on why Putin is attacking Ukraine

Adam Tooze on the economic war with Russia

Putin’s brother died in the siege of Leningrad

The real history of the Soviet-Pepsi submarine deal

WHITE PAPER: “Authoritarian Public Opinion and the Democratic Peace”

Hosts:

Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), senior correspondent, Vox

Jerusalem Demsas (@jerusalemdemsas), policy reporter, Vox

Zack Beauchamp (@ZackBeauchamp), senior correspondent, Vox

Credits:

Sofi LaLonde, producer and mix engineer

Dara Lind, studio engineer

Libby Nelson, editorial adviser

Amber Hall, deputy editorial director of talk podcasts

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