Sleep Walking to Nuclear War?

Kellogg's Global Politics

In today’s episode, we revisit the latest developments in the Russo-Ukraine war with a focus on the growing split in US policy circles on what the end game for the conflict should look like and the seemingly blasé attitude toward the threat of nuclear war by many experts. From there we’ll pivot to a crisis that’s been impacting US families: the baby formula shortage. How does US trade policy factor in and why can’t foreign imports come to the rescue?

Topics Discussed in this Episode

• 09:50 - NATO Expansion and Turkish objections
• 24:00 - Update on food and energy market impact
• 37:35 - End Game: Policy divisions in the West and sleepwalking to nuclear war
• 58:12 - Baby formula shortage in the US: Trade policy failure

Articles Mentioned in Episode

NATO Expansion and Turkish objections

• Erdoğan doubles down on threat to reject Finland and Sweden's NATO bids (Axios)
• Two Turkey Experts on Why Erdoğan Is Rejecting NATO Expansion (Carnegie Foundation)

Russian-Ukraine War: Food and Energy market impact

• The blockade of Ukraine’s ports is worsening world hunger (The Economist)
• Hungary ‘holding EU hostage’ over sanctions on Russian oil (The Guardian)
• Russian oil exports to Italy have more than quadrupled due to unintended consequences of Western sanctions (Business Insider)

Russian-Ukraine War: End Game

• The War in Ukraine Is Getting Complicated, and America Isn’t Ready (NY Times)
• America Must Embrace the Goal of Ukrainian Victory (Foreign Affairs)

Baby Formula shortage in the US: Trade policy failure

• America’s Infant Formula Crisis and the ‘Resiliency’ Mirage (Scott Lincicome - Cato Institute)
• America's Trade and Regulatory Policies Have Contributed to the Baby Formula Shortage (Reason)

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Chapters

1. Intro: Reflecting on Eurovision (00:00:00)

2. NATO Expansion (00:09:50)

3. Global Food and Fuel Shortages (00:24:00)

4. The End Game in Ukraine (00:37:35)

5. Baby Formula Shortage and International Trade (00:58:12)