102: The Ukraine War: An Update for Investors - With General Sir Nick Carter, Former UK Chief of the Defence Staff
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🗓️ 6 July 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
He addresses the current situation from a military perspective, political interpretations, and gives further strategic insights.
He then also discusses his predictions for how the war may end, and the impact recent events could have on Putin’s waning support and reputation.
Finally, General Carter offers us a concise assessment of the US-China relations, as well as the rapid re-ordering of Middle Eastern politics.
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| 0:00.0 | I suspect the centre of gravity, as Ukraine looks at Russia at the moment, is the extent to which |
| 0:04.6 | Putin's army genuinely has confidence in Putin. And if that confidence begins to creak a bit, |
| 0:11.0 | then that may have an impact upon the battlefield. And I suspect that's Ukraine's best hope at the |
| 0:15.1 | moment, is that that political vulnerability begins to worry his army. Welcome to the Money Maize podcast. I'm Simon Brewer and Will Campion and I have created |
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| 0:44.4 | Vladimir Putin once cited Winston Churchill and he said Russia was never so strong as it wants to be |
| 0:50.1 | and never so weak as his thought to be. Ten days after the rebellion by the Wagner group, |
| 0:55.6 | threatening a coup, and 17 months after the invasion, were extremely fortunate and very |
| 1:00.9 | appreciative to welcome back General Sunnick Carter, former Chief of Defense Staff, and a man |
| 1:05.8 | who was very early in articulating the threats posed by Putin's Russia. And here we are sitting in London. |
| 1:12.6 | Kiev is only 1,400 miles away, |
| 1:15.2 | and it's somewhat surreal, |
| 1:17.2 | as we're in the middle of Wimbledon and the cricket season, |
| 1:20.6 | that this war is raging, and yet we carry on our lives. |
| 1:24.3 | So, Nick, welcome back. |
| 1:25.6 | You are our only guest to have made a third appearance. |
| 1:29.4 | No, Simon, thanks. It's a great privilege to be with you again. Let's just dive in. From a military |
| 1:34.8 | perspective, what is the situation report? I think that means focusing right down onto the battlefield. |
| 1:41.3 | And the answer is I think we have to be very careful not to be too optimistic |
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