What Syria Reveals about Russia-Ukraine | Robert Wright & Joshua Landis | The Wright Show

2:05 Josh: World War I shattered empires, ethnic cleansing created nation-states 12:42 How the US and Russia wound up cooperating to fight ISIS and Sunni militias 21:27 Why Turkey is holding up NATO membership for Sweden and Finland 30:02 By helping to keep Syria divided, is the US giving ISIS free rein? 38:58 What Turkey wants in exchange for letting Sweden and Finland into NATO 47:58 In retrospect, should the US not have intervened in Syria? 52:11 Why Russia-Ukraine might become another devastating frozen conflict 1:01:20 Josh: Putin misapplied the lessons of Syria to Ukraine 1:08:20 How US sanctions impede conflict resolution in the Middle East Robert Wright (, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Joshua Landis (University of Oklahoma, ). Recorded June 2, 2022. Comments on BhTV: Twitter: Facebook: Podcasts: