Worlds Apart | All or nothing? - Sourabh Gupta

Western media are awash with articles on how gravely the Kremlin has miscalculated its strategy in Ukraine, failing to achieve a blitzkrieg and having to adjust its military operation on several occasions.

And yet Russia is readying to welcome back its historical lands, with the overwhelming support of the people who live there, while keeping its budget and development goals mostly intact, which can’t be said about its Western adversaries.

Has Vladimir Putin miscalculated the Western response or has the West miscalculated Putin’s moves?

To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Sourabh Gupta, Senior Fellow at the Institute for China-America Studies.