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Guest: Ambassador Steven Pifer
Steven Pifer, former Ambassador to Ukraine, now serves as Director of the Brookings Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative and is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute. Ambassador Pifer used his in-depth knowledge of Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. foreign policy to examine what lies ahead in the U.S.’s relationship with Putin and the role of non-proliferation and arms control in this complicated relationship.
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