Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Michael Kimmage, Professor of History at the Catholic University of America and non-resident Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, to discuss his new book, Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability. They chat about the origins of the war, how it has transformed multiple centers of power and has shifted the direction of major macro-trends in world politics, contributing to the fragmentation of international politics, higher inflation, greater food insecurity, and the general collapse of arms control.
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https://global.oup.com/academic/product/collisions-9780197751794?cc=us&lang=en&
Show Notes:
Foreign Affairs: Liana Fix & Michael Kimmage – “Putin’s Last Stand”
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russian-federation/putin-last-stand-russia-defeat
Wall Street Journal: Michael Kimmage – “Trump Is Unlikely to Abandon Ukraine—and Might Dangerously Escalate the War”
https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-is-unlikely-to-abandon-ukraineand-might-even-escalate-the-war-356a2825
Wall Street Journal: Michael Kimmage – “Putin’s Rogue State”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/putins-rogue-state-140d876f
Washington Times: Martin Di Caro – “BOOK REVIEW: ‘Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability’”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/7/book-review-collisions-origins-of-war-in-ukraine-a/