Russia's Long-Term Threat to the West

On the menu today: Another batch of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems might be headed to Ukraine if the U.S. and Slovakia can work out the details; the little-known man who would take over if Vladimir Putin were killed or incapacitated; and why, no matter how the Russian invasion of Ukraine shakes out, Russia is likely to remain hostile and threatening to the West for a long, long time. Finally, some much-needed lighter thoughts on one popular pop-culture vision of the future.

Why Eastern Europe Is Likely to Have Tense Borders for Generations

Yesterday, U.S. secretary of defense Lloyd Austin and Slovakian defense minister Jaroslav Nad’ held a joint press conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, and Nad' made it sound as if his country was open to transferring Slovakia's leftover Russian jets to Ukraine: "We also talked about the fact that we have some heritage here in the form of old Russian or Soviet defense systems such as S-3 missile system or MiG-29 fighter jets. We were discussing various options of how to fill in this gap and we decided not to use MiG-29s anymore. We should receive F-16 sometimes in 2024."

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DEMOCRACY & PHILANTHROPY IN AMERICA

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