Synopsis: Every second Friday of the month, join The Straits Times' associate editor Ravi Velloor, as he distills his experience from four decades of covering the continent.

In this episode, he chats with Dr. Edward Luttwak, the famed American expert on war strategy

Highlights (click/tap above):

2:23 Putin provided Nato with an enemy

12:37 Wars fought by single boy families

18:11 Is war in Asia inevitable?

21:52 Standoff wars, cyber and space

26:36 Nato expands eastward

32:36 Great State Autism 

Produced by: Ravi Velloor (velloor@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Teo Tong Kai and Fa'izah Sani

Edited by: Eden Soh and Fa'izah Sani

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