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Dave Helling

Kansas City-area experts on Eastern Europe: What’s at stake in Ukraine-Russia strife

The troubling developments in Ukraine are the focus of this week’s “4Star Politics,” a digital production of WDAF-TV/Fox 4 in Kansas City and The Kansas City Star.

Hosts John Holt and Dave Helling are joined by Valery Dzutsati, an assistant political science professor at the University of Kansas, and Mark Wilcox, an associate professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, in Leavenworth, to discuss Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. foreign policy.

The United States and several European nations fear a Russian invasion of Ukraine. President Joe Biden has threatened Russia with serious economic sanctions if that nation sends troops into Ukraine.

What’s at stake in this dispute? How might the U.S. respond? These and other topics are on the table for this edition of “4Star Politics.”

Dave Helling
Opinion Contributor,
The Kansas City Star
Dave Helling has covered politics in Kansas and Missouri for four decades. He has worked in television news, and is a regular contributor to local broadcast programs. Helling writes editorials and columns for the Star, and is the co-host of the weekly “4Star Politics” show. He was awarded the 2018 ASNE Burl Osborne award for editorial leadership.
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