Sir Bill Browder, Stephanie Baker, and Jason LIVE from the Frontline Club
Can Britain and the EU step up to Trump's bullying and order the disorder via increasing sanctions and possibly confiscating currently frozen Russian assets and using them to fund Ukrainian defence?
Can Britain and the EU step up to Trump's bullying and order the disorder via increasing sanctions and possibly confiscating currently frozen Russian assets and using them to fund Ukrainian defence?
This is certainly the question of the day and we at Disorder tackled it via our first live show recorded on March 21 at the famous Frontline Club in London.
(Listen on Apple podcasts here or on Spotify here.)
Jason Pack was joined by Sir Bill Browder and Stephanie Baker, author of Punishing Putin.
The trio discussed the role of sanctions in deterring Putin, and whether the West can finally go further and use seized Russian funds.
I think the current Western approach towards Russia epitomises the enduring disorder. America has lurched backward and forward and sideways and no european country has stepped up to lead... Given this we delve into the current state of play AS AT March 21 in the quote unquote negotiations for a ceasefire btw the US and Russia and the US and Ukraine? Has Trump's, Vance's, and Witkoff's erratic and distasteful bullying of the West's Ukrainian ally and cozying up to Russia yielded anything concrete either for American strategic interests, European engagement, or Ukraine's security?
As we Ordered the Disorder we discussed: Trump’s role – and if Europe (alongside Starmer and Carney) will finally step up to the plate. And we finished with listener questions addressing everything from what happens when Putin dies to if sanctions even work in the first place.
(Listen on Apple podcasts here or on Spotify here.)
Background on Sir Bill’s and Stephanie’s solutions to Order the Disorder
Hear our other recent episode with Sir Bill https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/84604876351c72eed9ce64fd4031a343
Hear our previous episode with Stephanie Baker https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/d478c812a95d36c7ee6bf7c7beef4ccf
For more on Stephanie visit
https://stephaniebakerwriter.com/
Read Sir Bill’s piece calling for Russian asset seizure:
And his article co-authored with a leading Ukranian lawyer, Yulia Ziskina calling for seizure of Russia’s state assets: https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-22/if-trump-cuts-ukraine-aid-the-west-should-seize-russian-assets
Watch United States has ‘abandoned Ukraine’ | Bill Browder
Now a partial non-sequitur to show the dominance of the US stock markets which much of the whole world uses to raise capital for their ventures. This shows the problems of trying to simply insulated oneself from Trump’s madness
