Foreign Policy Research Institute A Nation Must Think Before it Acts Debating a No Fly Zone: The Risk of Escalation with Moscow

Debating a No Fly Zone: The Risk of Escalation with Moscow

  • March 9, 2022

In this episode of Chain Reaction, Aaron speaks with Mike “Pako” Benitez, a retiring active-duty officer with over 25 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, about the history of no fly zones, the challenges in setting one up, and the risk of inadvertent escalation. Mike wrote a recent article with Mike “Starbaby” Pietrucha about the topic and is the editor of the Merge newsletter.

This conversation was recorded on March 8, 2022. 

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