Fog of War - with Fred Kagan
b'Vladimir Putin may be unpredictable, but his direction seems to be clear. That\\u2019s the view of our guest today, Fred Kagan, who is a return guest. \\n \\nAs of what we know now, February 25th, there are at least 1,100 Russian casualties in Ukraine, and Russian forces are entering Kiev. President Biden has announced new sanctions, but oil and natural gas are still exempt from sanctions, and Russia is still part of the SWIFT BANKING SYSTEM. So it\\u2019s not clear how tight the economic noose is tightening around Moscow. \\n \\nFred is the Director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute. He is also working closely with the Russia team at the Institute for the Study of War. \\nFred is a former professor of military history at the US Military Academy at West Point. He completed his PhD in Soviet and Russian military history at Yale University.\\n \\nWe want to talk to Fred less about minute to minute developments and more about where this is going with a longer sweep of history as our backdrop. \\n\\nThe Critical Threats Project \\u2013 https://www.criticalthreats.org/\\nInstitute for the Study of War \\u2013 https://understandingwar.org/\\nFred\\u2019s recent oped ,\\u201cPutin has changed the world \\u2014 and the US must adapt or lose\\u201d \\u2013 https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/595304-putin-has-changed-the-world-and-the-us-must-adapt-or-lose?rl=1'