Essential Geopolitics: Russia Makes Moves in the U.S. Backyard

Essential Geopolitics is RANE's podcast taking a closer look at individual geopolitical events and trends. In this episode, RANE Latin America Analyst Carmen Colosi looks at recent Russia outreach to some U.S. neighbors. Amid rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine, we have seen Russian officials suggest that Moscow could increase military and economic cooperation with Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.