In this hour-long episode meet and hear Li Bennich-Björkman, Professor at the Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University here in Sweden talk about her experiences in academia. She talks about the challenges facing her fears as she applied in 2007 and became the first female professor at the Department of Government at Uppsala University, and in the following year she became the first woman appointed as Skyttean Professor of Eloquence and Government. This appointment meant that together with her family she was provided with an official residence in the 18th century building called Skytteanum in Uppsala, Sweden, where she still resides today. Hear her share her thoughts about the madness of the war between Putin and his cronies representing Russia and Ukraine. What will it take for peace to happen between Russian and Ukraine and why is Ukraine important to Russia? Her passion for history and especially about the Baltic states is fascinating to listen to. She talks about the importance of NATO and reasons why Ukraine never joined NATO while Baltic countries such as Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia did already in 2004. She shares her thoughts about why Sweden’s NATO application is still on hold. She shares her concern about how Russian propaganda has been found in one of Sweden’s largest newspapers and her concerns about academic freedom here in Sweden.