While the Iran war occupies domestic headlines, Russia’s war in Ukraine has entered its fifth year. As the Trump administration retreats from peace negotiations and Ukraine’s drone strikes reach deep into Russia, European allies are scrambling to fill the security vacuum. We’ll discuss the state of the war and how it has changed the face of modern conflict, U.S. policy, and NATO’s future.
The Ukraine War Is in Its Fifth Year. Is Peace Possible?
A rescuer walks through the rubble outside a multistorey residential building damaged following a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on July 6, 2026, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Russia struck Ukraine's Kyiv region with ballistic missiles on July 6, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, authorities said, on the eve of a NATO summit in Turkey. (Photo by Genya Savilov / AFP via Getty Images)
Guests:
Rose Gottemoeller, William J. Perry Lecturer, Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Center for International Security and Cooperation; Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution; former Deputy Secretary General of NATO (2016-2019); former Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security at the U.S. Department of State in the Obama Administration.
Simon Shuster, staff writer, Atlantic Magazine; author, "The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky"