Ep 251: John Lee on Ukraine, Peace, and What China Wants

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John Lee, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute,  joins the show to discuss the Trump administration’s efforts to bring the war in Ukraine to an end, and what it all means facing China in the Pacific.

John Lee, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute,  joins the show to discuss the Trump administration’s efforts to bring the war in Ukraine to an end, and what it all means facing China in the Pacific.
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01:56 Strategic Implications of the War
03:24 The 28-Point Peace Plan
09:49 Challenges of Negotiating Peace
15:19 The Russia-China Connection
19:48 Nuclear Deterrence and Arms Control
29:30 Linking Ukraine and Taiwan
35:18 Ukraine War as a Chinese Proxy Conflict
 
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