Episode description
Many experts on Russia and Ukraine are calling for de-escalation and genuine diplomacy but are being drowned out by a unanimous chorus led by the media and a cacophony of hawkish frauds demanding more war.
To break through the war fervor, Rania Khalek spoke to Anatol Lieven, a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and author of “Ukraine and Russia: A Fraternal Rivalry.”
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0:00 Intro
5:38 The West could have prevented this war
13:00 US policy is prolonging the war
18:01 What are Putin’s motives?
23:06 Risk of the far right in Ukraine?
28:38 Global dangers of flooding Ukraine w/ weapons
32:07 Significance of Chechen fighters in Ukraine
34:31 US role in 2014 coup
39:07 Peace settlement
46:12 Sanctions on Russia
51:39 Most of the world is NOT siding w/ the US
56:08 An emboldened NATO
59:16 Negative consequences for the West
1:03:34 Think tank & media war fervor