One year on from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, David Wroe asks Paul Dibb, Emeritus Professor of strategic studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, how Russia’s war in Ukraine will play out in the coming months. They discuss Putin’s calculations and the durability of support from the West, as well as the implications of Russia’s suspension of the New START Treaty and the Russia-China relationship.

Dr Alex Bristow speaks to Walter Russell Mead, Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship at Hudson Institute and James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College, about the US approach to foreign policy. They discuss where Australia sits on the list of US priorities, US thinking around Russia’s war on Ukraine and global support for Ukraine.

Guests (in order of appearance):

David Wroe: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/david-wroe

Paul Dibb: https://researchprofiles.anu.edu.au/en/persons/paul-dibb

Alex Bristow: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/dr-alex-bristow

Walter Russell Mead: https://www.hudson.org/experts/1038-walter-russell-mead

Image: "Ukraine War" via PublicDomainPictures.net

Music: Music: "Just Wondering" by Maarten Schellekens, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective - imlcollective.uk