How did Europe navigate its relationship with Russia in the decades before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine?
In this episode of Origins of the War, French journalist Sylvie Kauffmann joins Michael Kimmage to examine European politics and relations with Russia in the years leading up to 2022.
Drawing on her experience reporting from Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, Kauffmann reflects on the transformations that followed the end of the Cold War, from the Solidarity movement in Poland and the collapse of communism to the political changes that reshaped Russia and Europe.
The conversation traces how European countries developed different relationships with post-Soviet Russia and how perceptions of Vladimir Putin evolved over time. Kauffmann and Kimmage consider the choices, assumptions, and debates that shaped European approaches to Moscow before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Together, they explore what Europe’s recent history can tell us about the road to 2022 and the profound transformation of European security that followed.
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