Ukrainian-born academic Edward Lozansky joins us to do discuss the situation in Ukraine, Trump's "Ukrainegate", NATO Expansion, the threat of nuclear war, Eurasian integration, the US-Russian economies, and what happens after Trump and Putin in 2024. (Originally published December 9, 2019).<br /><br />*Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire:<br />SubscribeStar <a href="https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics</a><br />PayPal <a href="https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics</a><br />Bitcoin <a href="http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate</a><br /><br />Websites<br /><a href="http://us-russia.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://us-russia.org</a><br /><a href="http://russiahouse.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://russiahouse.org</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/EdwardLozansky" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/EdwardLozansky</a><br /><br />Books<br />Operation Elbe <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Operation-Elbe-Dr-Edward-Lozansky/dp/0988313758/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=edward+lozansky&link_code=qs&qid=1575900460&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Operation-Elbe-Dr-Edward-Lozansky/dp/0988313758/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=edward+lozansky&link_code=qs&qid=1575900460&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-3</a><br /><br />Show Notes<br />Is Ukraine vital to U.S. security? <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/27/crosstalk-is-ukraine-vital-to-us-security" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/27/crosstalk-is-ukraine-vital-to-us-security</a><br />Ukraine, Georgia to become NATO members, - Stoltenberg <a href="https://112.international/ukraine-top-news/ukraine-georgia-to-become-nato-members-stoltenberg-46167-amp.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://112.international/ukraine-top-news/ukraine-georgia-to-become-nato-members-stoltenberg-46167-amp.html</a><br />Lukashenka, Putin agree on single parliament, govt – top diplomat about integration <a href="https://belsat.eu/en/news/lukashenka-putin-agree-on-single-parliament-govt-top-diplomat-about-integration" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://belsat.eu/en/news/lukashenka-putin-agree-on-single-parliament-govt-top-diplomat-about-integration</a><br />Stay Strong, Go Long – Bulletproof Russia Becomes Contrarian Haven <a href="https://tomluongo.me/2019/11/25/stay-strong-go-long-bulletproof-russia-becomes-contrarian-haven" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://tomluongo.me/2019/11/25/stay-strong-go-long-bulletproof-russia-becomes-contrarian-haven</a><br /><br />About the Guest<br />Edward Lozansky is the President and Founder of the American University in Moscow, a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Social Sciences and Professor of World Politics at Moscow State and National Research Nuclear Universities.<br /><br />*Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": <a href="http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html</a> (available on iTunes or Amazon)