Podcast: What Does Russia Want?

Today's attack on parts of Russia's nuclear triad are astonishing. But what's Moscow's endgame in the conflict eventually?
I sat down with Peter Slezkine of the Stimson Center to talk it all over. Have a listen.

Time Stamps:
01:08 Evaluate the Russia-Ukraine talks and the Trump-Putin phone call
03:17 Why does Russia oppose an immediate ceasefire?
08:08 What are Russia’s core objectives?
10:54 What kind of military caps does the Kremlin want to put on Kyiv?
13:56 Three scenarios for US policy
19:43 Russian and Chinese perspectives on Europe
23:05 Russia as a conservative “civilization-state”
26:00 A positive US-Russia bilateral agenda
35:27 How long will the Trump movement last?
42:40 Ukraine v US-Russia normalization
45:51 What kind of Europe does Russia want?
51:46 Predictions for the summer