Russia appears ready to invade Ukraine, with the recent deployment of roughly 100,000 Russian troops along their mutual border. 

In this episode of Transatlantic Takeaway -- a monthly collaboration between Common Ground and the German Marshall Fund of the United States -- Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and her guests discuss the ongoing crisis and its impact on the EU, the United States and Moscow. Our experts: 

Rachel Tausendfreund, GMF editorial director in Berlin and host of “Out of Order” podcast;

Liana Fix, GMF Resident Fellow and program director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung;

Michael Kimmage, GMF Non-Resident Fellow and Catholic University history professor who was part of the U.S. Secretary of State’s planning staff from 2014-2016 advising on Russia and Ukraine.

This show is produced by Dina Elsayed.