The Ukraine War and Vladimir Putin

A presentation by Henry Quinlan who has 35 years of experience in dealing with the former Soviet Union and Russia, including living in Moscow for five years with more than 60 trips back and forth to Russia since 1986. Last trip was in 2018. 

The highlights of his Russian experiences were being asked by President G. W. Bush to assist him and Mrs. Bush in two projects in Moscow: a tour of a secret Soviet space research institute with Wally Schirra, one of our original astronauts; and a thirty-year long friendship with Vitaly Churkin former Russian Ambassador to the UN, 2000 to 2016.  

• He examines the origins of the war.  
• The status of the war today.  
• Consequences of the war both expected and unintended.  
• Options for ending the war.  
• Is America fighting a proxy war?  
• A new world order emerging after the war.  
• The enigma that is Vladimir Putin.  
• Why is he popular?  
• Putin’s use of fertilizer and food as a weapon.  
• Putin taking advantage of global warming.  
• Russia and China in the future.  
• The new ICE CURTAIN