On the two-year anniversary of Russia’s launch of the “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine, Professor Mike Rossi sat down for a conversation with Dr. Nicolai Petro, Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island.
Analysis
AP: Pope Francis says Ukraine should consider negotiated end to war
ROME — Pope Francis said in an interview that Ukraine, facing a possible defeat, should have the courage to negotiate an end to the war with Russia and not be ashamed to sit at the same table to carry out peace talks.
VIDEO: Cynthia Lazaroff’s New Film: This is Not a Drill
Hawaiians respond to a threat of nuclear attack and a survivor tells of coping with the Hiroshima bombing.
Cold War era fears and tensions about nuclear weapons resurface in our era, and take us back in time to – once again – face the prospect of an apocalypse of our own making.
MK Bhadrakumar: Putin’s nuclear warning is direct and explicit
The spectre of Armageddon has been raised often enough during the 2-year old war in Ukraine that the reference to it in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state of the union address on Thursday had a familiar ring about it. Therein lies the risk of misjudgement on the part of the western audience that Putin was only “crying wolf”.
ACURA’s Nicolai N. Petro: The War Enters Its Third Year
Two years have passed since Russia invaded Eastern Ukraine, yet we are still debating why Russia invaded, what its ultimate goals might be, and how to end the conflict. This confusion, I submit, has much to do with our unwillingness to grasp the war’s true complexity, and can only be overcome if we recognize that it is a conflict with multiple levels.
VIDEO: Piers Morgan vs John Mearsheimer: On Putin, Israel-Hamas And More
Political scientist, international relations scholar John Mearsheimer joins Piers Morgan Uncensored to debate Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the war in the Middle East and more. He uncovers the reasoning behind some of his more controversial views, telling Piers Morgan why he thinks Ukraine’s already lost the war against Russia.
VIDEO: Conversations with History: Jack F. Matlock Jr.(June 2008)
In June 2008 UC Berkeley’s Harry Kreisler spoke with Ambassador Jack Matlock who served as the last U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union. Ambassador Matlock offered his reflections on the fall of the Soviet Union, the policies of the Reagan administration, and how students should prepare for the future.
VIDEO: James K. Galbraith: On the Futility of Russian Sanctions
James Galbraith challenges common perceptions about western sanctions and their impact on Russia, revealing unexpected outcomes for its economy and development. Contrary to the goals of defunding the war and degrading Russia’s military capacity, sanctions have led to economic adjustments that have fostered Russia’s independent development.
Galbraith points out that despite initial disruptions, Russia adapted by focusing on domestic production and diversifying its economic partnerships. This analysis provides a nuanced view of economic sanctions’ real-world impacts, suggesting that their effectiveness and consequences are more complex than commonly understood.
MK Bhadrakumar: China resumes shuttle diplomacy as Ukraine war drums get louder
NATO has been steadily climbing the escalation ladder while the Russian reaction has been by and large to rev up the “meat grinder” in the war of attrition. But then, it is the Ukrainian carcass being ground and that doesn’t seem to matter to the Brits or Americans.
ACURA ZoomCast: A Conversation with Branko Marcetic of Jacobin magazine
James W. Carden talks with Branko Marcetic, a staff writer with Jacobin magazine and the author of Yesterday’s Man: the Case Against Joe Biden. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Guardian, In These Times, the Nation and ACURA.
Paul Robinson: An endgame in Ukraine may be fast approaching
After two years of war, an increasingly sombre mood has swept over Ukraine and its supporters in the West.
Ed Lozansky: Fake news of a Russian apocalypse
It looks as though this year could be fateful…
ACURA’s Katrina vanden Heuvel: How Former Ambassador Jack Matlock Corrects the Record on American Foreign Policy
VIDEO: John J. Mearsheimer: “Ukraine has already lost the war”
Dr. Mearsheimer appeared on the PBS NewsHour on 22 February 2024 to talk about the Ukraine war at the two-year point.
Ted Snider: How the West Provoked an Unprovoked War in Ukraine
“Toward the end of 2021,” The New York Times reports, “Mr. Putin was weighing whether to launch his full-scale invasion when he met with the head of one of Russia’s main spy services, who told him that the C.I.A., together with Britain’s MI6, were controlling Ukraine and turning it into a beachhead for operations against Moscow.”
Turns out, he was right.
Geoffrey Roberts: The best books on the history of the Russo-Ukrainian war
Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Roberts selected The Tragedy of Ukraine: What Classical Greek Tragedy Can Teach Us About Conflict Resolution by ACURA’s Nicolai Petro as among the top about the war in Ukraine:
Nicolai Petro uses classical Greek tragedy to analyse the internal Ukrainian divisions that eventually led to war with Russia. As Petro points out, Greek drama was a means of reconciliation as well as entertainment and was designed to foster civic dialogue about the roots of conflict situations and the dangers of disaster for all concerned.
Lucy Komisar: “Russian Troll Farm” uses proven lies to promote propaganda
“Russian Troll Farm” at the Vineyard is the most crude, amateurish, nasty piece of pseudo-theatrical claptrap I have seen reviewing theater since 1998 when I became a member of the Drama Desk.
ACURA ViewPoint: Paul R. Grenier: Thoughts on The Quincy Institute’s “The Diplomatic Path to a Secure Ukraine”
Anatol Lieven’s and George Beebe’s “The Diplomatic Path to a Secure Ukraine” serves as a refreshing antidote to the usual mainstream account of the Ukraine conflict. [Read more…] about ACURA ViewPoint: Paul R. Grenier: Thoughts on The Quincy Institute’s “The Diplomatic Path to a Secure Ukraine”
Neutrality Studies Podcast: Ex-NATO Official reveals lies about the war to German Public
Listen to Former German General Harald Kujat at a public lecture in Germany how he destroys the false pro-war narrative of the neocons. This talk was held in German and is dubbed into English thanks to the brilliant work of Andreas Voss who makes these translations possible.
Dr. E. Martin Schotz: Rethinking U.S. interests on anniversary of war in Ukraine
With the approaching second anniversary of Russia’s military operations in Ukraine, we can expect that there will be various solutions offered to the current war there. On one side there will be calls for billions more in U.S. and NATO military aid to Ukraine, and on the other side there will be calls for a cease-fire.