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Russian War Games

The West should be worried about Moscow obfuscating the scope of its military exercises, but fears of an attack or invasion during Zapad-17 are overblown.

by Tomáš Valášek
published by
Politico Europe
 on September 14, 2017

Source: Politico Europe

As Russia launched its 2017 Zapad military exercise, Politico Europe’s Ryan Heath interviewed Tomáš Valášek in an episode of the EU Confidential podcast. Their wide-ranging discussion covered Russia’s war games, European defense cooperation, cybersecurity, and the EU’s East-West divide.

The interview was originally aired on Politico Europe’s EU Confidential podcast.

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