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Russia-Ukraine crisis worsens

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Anti-war protesters gather in front of the White House to demonstrate against escalating tensions between the United States and Russia over a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine January 27, 2022 in Washington, DC. The protest was organized by the activist group Code Pink(Win McNamee/Getty Images)

If Russia continues to militarily circle Ukraine, will three decades of sovereignty be lost?

And as NATO and the US oppose the plan to install a more Kremlin-sympathetic regime in Ukraine, is Russia looking for a return to the days of the USSR?

Our guests debate the questions: what does Vladimir Putin want, and how can this worsening crisis be avoided?

Guests

Kathryn Stoner, Director of the Centre on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University

John Mearsheimer, Professor of political science at the University of Chicago

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