In this week's session, Rory Truex is joined by Princeton Professor Mark Beissinger, an expert on Russia and post-communist countries. Mark provides an update on the state of the war in Ukraine, focusing on the political calculations of Putin, Zelenskyy, and Trump. Mark and Rory then discuss the possibility for peace and the relationships between Trump and Putin. The conversation closes with an assessment of the pro-democracy movement in the United States, where Mark draws on his research on social movements.