The View of Ukraine from Georgia (with Ani Chkhikvadze)

Iulia and Dalibor speak with Ani Chkhikvadze, a reporter at Voice of America, to unpack how we can understand the Russian government's presently unfolding invasion of Ukraine by recalling modern Georgian history. Both Ukraine and Georgia have been invaded by Russia over the past few decades and neither Ukraine nor Georgia are current members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), despite Ukraine and Georgia expressing interest in closer military, economic, and political affiliation with such organizations than with Russia. Ani outlines both how political deliberations among members of NATO have offered a cloudy view of Ukraine and Georgia's chances for ascension and how the Russian government has seized upon this uncertainty to launch its invasions.