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Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
We continue our Ukraine coverage, this time with Zachary Paikin, a non-resident fellow for the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy and a research for the EU affairs-focused think tanks CEPS. We'll discuss the invasion, thoughts on Putin and his decision to invade, the psychoanalysis of Putin and the ideas (prior to the invasion) that he was a master of the Grand Chessboard vs. the idea that he's gone mad with the invasion, the EU, NATO, No-Fly Zone debate, sanctions, the potential political aftermath on a global scale after this is all said and done, diplomacy, and much, much more.
In the second half of the program, David Swanson of the global antiwar movement World Beyond War joins us to discuss the situation further as well as to express the concern over this conflict becoming a nuclear war.
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I can’t see why we should hope the Ukrainians will win. Surely, we should be aiming for a negotiated settlement.
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
The problem with the Nazies is not that they are large, it’s that they are heavily armed. This has given them a veto over Ukrainian foreign policy. This has been a real problem for the last seven years.
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Zachary Paikin is impressive. Very clear and concise. He knows his subject I. e. International relations. He rejects ’Putinology’, correctly in my view. However, he rather spoils thing by dismissing nazies and ethnic cleansing as ”ridiculous”.
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
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