Wherein we are joined by the great Kori Schake of the American Enterprise Institute, who argues in the Atlantic today that Putin is overplaying his hand with respect to Ukraine. "NATO has held united, refusing to accept that Russia gets a veto over either its membership or its actions. The United States, while averting military involvement, has crafted a credible set of penalties and garnered international support for them. Putin lacks the imagination to see that launching successful military operations is not the same as winning a war, a lesson the U.S. recently relearned in Afghanistan. That Russia is now repeating the very mistake the U.S. made, and is slowly recovering from, is an ironic twist."

In Lieu of Fun, Episode 576: Kori Schake on Putin's Overreach