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Power Problems • February 22, 2022 

# Russia, Ukraine, and European Security 

MIT professor Barry Posen joined the show to discuss the crisis in Ukraine, the origins of the conflict, what diplomatic approaches are available, and how US strategy is pushing China and Russia together.

- [Barry R. Posen bio](https://polisci.mit.edu/people/barry-r-posen)
- Barry Posen, “[Unleashing the Rhetorical Dogs of War](https://www.justsecurity.org/80230/ukraine-unleashing-the-rhetorical-dogs-of-war/),”*Just Security*, February 15, 2022.
- Barry R. Posen, “[A New Transatlantic Division of Labor Could Save Billions Every Year!](https://thebulletin.org/premium/2021-09/a-new-transatlantic-division-of-labor-could-save-billions-every-year/)”*Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists*, September 7, 2021.
- Barry R. Posen, [*Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy*](https://www.amazon.com/Restraint-Foundation-Strategy-Cornell-Security/dp/1501700723)(Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2014).

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##### Barry R. Posen 

Ford International Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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