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Ukraine Series: Russia and Ukraine - How we got here | Democracy Works
Episode 82

Ukraine Series: Russia and Ukraine - How we got here | Democracy Works

This week, we bring you an episode from the Democracy Works podcast, hosted by Jenna Spinelle, Christopher Beem, Michael Berkman.

The Democracy Group · Michael Berkman, Christopher Beem, Jenna Spinelle

March 30, 202235m 38s

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Show Notes

Was the war in Ukraine inevitable? What is Vladimir Putin trying to achieve? What does the conflict say about Ukraine as a democracy? Those are just a few of the questions Michael Berkman explores this week with Donna Bahry, professor emerita of political science at Penn State and an expert in  Soviet and post-Soviet politics and democratization. 

Donna has studied Russia and the Soviet Union for decades and traveled to the country dozes of time from late Gorbachev era through 2018. She also talks about the challenges of doing scholarly work in the region and how that task will become even more difficult in the wake of the current crisis. 

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