The expression ‘wanting to have your cake and eat it too’ describes the typical neurotic conflict of pursuing the irreconcilable that seems to be behind a lot of geopolitics these days. Nobody likes the Trump administration’s tariffs or the Gaza slaughter, but doing anything meaningful to resist them seems like too tall an order. Is it possible to arrive at a fairer system without sacrificing some of the good points of the old one? To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Richard Sakwa, professor emeritus of Russian and European Politics at Kent University and author of ‘Lost Peace: How the West Failed to Prevent a Second Cold War’.
This interview was held on the sidelines of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi.
