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as we near the end of the year, there's a lot on my mind. as usual, most of it having to do with politics. i wonder, for instance, if the democratic party has learned any of the correct lessons from the midterms. a lot more congressman, pat ryan about, it just ahead. and it won't be long until the russian invasion of ukraine reaches the one year mark. we'll ukraine be able to keep forcing russia back? what do the off-ramps for peace look like now? plus, from abortion rights to protests in iran, some of the biggest and most impactful social movements this year have is often the case b...

And offered to evacuate zelenskyy, because they thought kyiv would fall very quickly. indeed, the ukrainians have surprised us all. >> julia, volodymyr zelenskyy recently told david lederman that if there were no putin, there would be no war. but let's flip it around, how different with this war have been a volodymyr zelenskyy were not part of it? if he truly instrumental to the ukrainian resistance, cannot resistance survive if something were to happen to him? how crucial is he been to the story of this year? >> i think that's been the other surprise of this war. is the strength and the compe...

Several times, that the u.s. push to bring ukraine into nato was an absolute red line for every russian, every russian. he talked to. and that he was warned again and again that there would be a violent russian reaction against this. so, no, you cannot simply ignore the role of western strategy in bringing about this for. though, of course -- naturally that does not excuse putin's invasion at all. >> let me bring julia beckon, julia, is an interesting to you that you covered d.c. politics for -- it's been traditionally the left that's question foreign entanglements, foreign wars, and yet, righ...

>> i mean, it's kind of funny what he says, and it doesn't seem inaccurate. but with the fate of ukraine, russia and arguably the world on the line, it's time to revisit all of these questions and ask at the end of this year, when and how does the killing and? joining me now, -- founding partner in washington correspondent for -- -- and senior research fellow at the quincy institute for responsible statecraft. both of them have covered russia and ukraine throughout their long careers, and i've talked about these issues on this show. so welcome back to you both at the end of the year, you both ...