Ep. 111: Tymofiy Mylovanov on Ukrainian Resistance, Russia’s Hidden Economic Weapon and Germany’s Error

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Tymofiy Mylovanov is the President of the Kyiv School of Economics, advisor to Ukrainian President Zelensky and former Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture. He is currently focused on humanitarian work for Ukraine. In the podcast, we talk about:

1. The three levers of economic power Russia has over the world
2. The current state of the war and why Russia has struggled to make rapid gains
3. The state of the Russian army compared to Soviet times
4. The real reason for Russia’s invasion
5. Whether Russian oligarchs can influence Putin
6. When China will intervene
7. Germany’s error in dealing with Russia
8. Understanding China trade routes through Russia
9. Working with Zelensky
10. Books that influenced Tymofiy: The Strategy of Conflict (Schelling) and Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need (Snyder)

You can support Tymofiy’s humanitarian work here and you can follow him on Twitter here.

Read the full transcript here.

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