NATO has been proven to be a disaster for Europe. This war was escalated from EU , UN and NATO. Russia is an empire in decline , its beyond my comprehension who would think to expand.
Bet ppl are so easily to fall those propaganda are the same ppl who Voluntarilyyy got vaccinated.. Those ppl have neither proper knowledge nor intuition intelligence. They deserve the vaccines
I believe that Putin figured the US is as weak and off balance as could be so chose this as his time to strike. I look forward to a post-45 recovery of the US.
@Social Media Heretic The guy Republicans hated so much, they despised thier own ideas, because he was in favor of it. Starting with him, anything and EVERYTHING Democrats were in favor of? Conservatives were instantly against, with very very few exceptions.
I am so thankful that Trumpf is the "former guy," during this critical war crisis. Remember, 45 tried to withhold U.S. aid and weapons from Ukraine. I hope Dr. Stent is advising Presedent Biden. She is brilliant... and incredibly articulate on the past, present, and future of these geopolitical challenges.
Great interview Walter - enjoyed that. What an expert Angela Stent is and a great communicator. Lots of important background and information here. It's not looking great for Ukraine.. Thanks
Been so for a long time. What are we doing to Syria for Israeli? They want the Middle East for their dream. Zionist dream. Palestine we don't come to their aid from Zionist invasion and wealth. Our government foreign policy is not just. Ukraine had a lot of warnigs but formed no alliance to,protect themselves. Ali ountries should stay in their borders. We are not the world police for them and others. WWII we paid off war debts for British and rebuilt Europe. People homeless living in the streets, still dying of COVID, our infrastructure falling apart and huge debt from Repub tax cuts yet the leader of Ukraine angry we don't send arms and military. President of Ukraine knows this was a long time threat...now we should jump? He should go back to being a comedian. Not fit to be Ukrainian leader. East and West of Ukraine divided by wealth and religion.
Did you hear anything about ZIONISTS AND THEIR NEW WORLD ORDER?! or you stupid?! Putin is the only president who protect his country from this ROTHSCHILD Mafia who wants one new world order where everyone will get a mark of the Beast. and the beast is Judaism (ZIONISM)
Yes. That’s the thing with petty dictator type fascism. They want the same thing but they don’t want to share power. Bothe GOP Doctrine and Putin Doctrine.
it's nonsensical to give any credence to the notion that Russia (which is a second world disaster with an economy smaller than Italy) should be able to decide what it's neighbours do or don't do
So why should the US be able to? You know there was a us backed coup in 2014? Why did those ethnic Russians want to separate? Why dont you allow them to separate?
@@penhdog2207 Any proof there was a coup in 2014? Is there any proof those ethnic russian wanted to separate before that and that is not the old excuse russian always use to intervine militarly?
Putin has oversized ambitions to Make Russia Great Again. It’s economy is about the size of New York State on a good day, but has taken a hit since the start of invasion. Its currency which had been declining for some months declined some 30% since invading Ukraine. Putin isn’t at all interested in any attempt by the west to reduce tensions. He thrives on instability. Don’t forget he won his first election for president by stoking fear and uncertainty among Russians when several apartment buildings were bombed supposedly by Chechnyan separatists. His long game is to occupy Ukraine and absorb it into Russia proper. It’s a matter of pride for Russian nationalists, who feel that it’s long history of association with Ukraine justifies ownership, not that Ukrainians would agree. Hence the robust armed resistance against the Russian invasion. Putin totally miscalculated. Another compelling reason Putin has for occupation (or having a puppet government as a second choice) is to have a warm water port. That’s a dream of Russia going all the way back to Catherine the Great. For Putin it’s key to his vision of a strong Russia that can project military power around the world but starting in the Middle East. A new naval base in southern Ukraine supported by the not insubstantial Ukrainian industrial base would serve that role nicely. The only hitch would be free passage from the Black Sea through the Bosphorus Strait. For unfettered use Russia will need a pliant Turkey. And in that regard Turkey’s Erdogan has been warming up to Putin in the recent past. But that’s a problem for the future.
Russia by this invasion into Ukraine will inspire countries that are bordering or near to Russia to become far more militaristic and defense-minded than they had been in the past. This is exactly the opposite of what Russia desires from these countries. Talk about self-fulfilling prophecies Russia has concerning its Western borders.
@@KBTadieh "they don't want NATO to keep expanding into their territory" When did Ukraine become Russia's territory? I must have missed that proclamation. Putin's claims sound exactly like Hitler and his gangstas saying, "Germany requires Lebensraum ('living space') in order to survive." as an excuse to invade other countries.
Ukranian Forces have been aggressive and hostile towards Russians for 8 years in donbass, you're being lied to! Source: ruclips.net/video/IBeRB7rWk_8/видео.html
@@KBTadieh Putin's war of aggression shows every country why they joined NATO and every other country outside want to join NATO to be safe from Putin's huge army.
Don’t forget that initially Russia aligned with Hitler, the took Poland, Finland and the Baltic states. Until Hilter abandoned taking then U.K., and turned East.
This war is a shame that will never leave the Russians soul. Putin is such a coward, such a farce: his family are in mansions in Germany and Netherlands, while untrained, unprepared, hungry soldiers are sent to die and kill civilians, when told they were going on a training mission. His ultra-megayatch in Netherlands. In the meantime, he threatens Europe with nuclear war. The world need to get rid of this fascist scumbag as soon as possible. NATO is an organization created for the DEFENSE of its allied nations. There are already several NATO nations on the border. Not a single Eastern NATO country have deterrence weapons. It was offered that OSCE, including Russian inspectors, would assure the arsenal of each Eastern NATO country, but PUTIN REFUSED. This allegation against NATO is completely fake: the REAL reason is that Putin don't want an European democratic nation at it's border, whose people have deep bonds to the Russian people. The problem is that Putin mislead the Russians to believe that they OWN the Eastern nations, so they could invade any day he wishes. Sovereign nations. Not only that, but his declaration of war is a commitment to GENOCIDE. This war really is all about Putin's message to the Russian people, as he is loosing power internally. This is Putin's war. If the Russian military and lawmakers are not a bunch of worthless cowards, they will show Putin the way out of the Kremlin.
Another book to read as quickly as possible. These policy experts have so much to teach us but the average person is unlikely to get through this 17 minute interview. I will "share" it widely with those in my "bubble" and hope they do not take the stance of DON'T LOOK UP.
Russia could have been an absolute economic monster if it hasnt choose the path of oligarcy. Ironically Russia would have been far more likely to gain influence on its neighbour countries as economic incentives are a far stronger incentice for countires to cooperate than aggresive threats and corruption. He might have been able to build a “United union of Russia” or something similar
Yes, Germany and Japan have been 2 good "bull terriers" on a strong steel leash, with a cat ' nine in hand by the US hegemon. Remember the 1962 Cuban missile crisis? Just as U yanks were afraid then, the Russians are afraid now if it happens in Ukraine.
@@anteeko Exactly, very well said. You must have to consider that Russia is at the EU doorstep, what enormous economic potential lost. Not only that, but during the Trump administration, in this alternate reality, Russia could have alienated the US and side with Europe. This war is a shame that will never leave the Russians soul. Putin is such a coward, such a farce: his family are in mansions in Germany and Netherlands, while untrained, unprepared, hungry soldiers are sent to die and kill civilians, when told they were going on a training mission. His ultra-megayatch in Netherlands. In the meantime, he threatens Europe with nuclear war. The world need to get rid of this fascist scumbag as soon as possible. NATO is an organization created for the DEFENSE of its allied nations. There are already several NATO nations on the border. Not a single Eastern NATO country have deterrence weapons. It was offered that OSCE, including Russian inspectors, would assure the arsenal of each Eastern NATO country, but PUTIN REFUSED. This allegation against NATO is completely fake: the REAL reason is that Putin don't want an European democratic nation at it's border, whose people have deep bonds to the Russian people. The problem is that Putin mislead the Russians to believe that they OWN the Eastern nations, so they could invade any day he wishes. Sovereign nations. Not only that, but his declaration of war is a commitment to GENOCIDE. This war really is all about Putin's message to the Russian people, as he is loosing power internally. This is Putin's war. If the Russian military and lawmakers are not a bunch of worthless cowards, they will show Putin the way out of the Kremlin.
'territorial claims', what a ridiculous concept, how far back in history do you go to draw that line in the sand. It is a justification for jingoism not an intelligent world view.
NATO should not be mentioned as a reason Putin is acting without explaining that multiple former Soviet states that border Russia are already members of NATO. If anything, this shows we need to fast track vetting and bringing countries near Russia into NATO. Putin would not have done this had Ukraine been part of NATO.
This war is a shame that will never leave the Russians soul. Putin is such a coward, such a farce: his family are in mansions in Germany and Netherlands, while untrained, unprepared, hungry soldiers are sent to die and kill civilians, when told they were going on a training mission. His ultra-megayatch in Netherlands. In the meantime, he threatens Europe with nuclear war. The world need to get rid of this fascist scumbag as soon as possible. NATO is an organization created for the DEFENSE of its allied nations. There are already several NATO nations on the border. Not a single Eastern NATO country have deterrence weapons. It was offered that OSCE, including Russian inspectors, would assure the arsenal of each Eastern NATO country, but PUTIN REFUSED. This allegation against NATO is completely fake: the REAL reason is that Putin don't want an European democratic nation at it's border, whose people have deep bonds to the Russian people. The problem is that Putin mislead the Russians to believe that they OWN the Eastern nations, so they could invade any day he wishes. Sovereign nations. Not only that, but his declaration of war is a commitment to GENOCIDE. This war really is all about Putin's message to the Russian people, as he is loosing power internally. This is Putin's war. If the Russian military and lawmakers are not a bunch of worthless cowards, they will show Putin the way out of the Kremlin.
Freedom loving Ukrainian/Russian brothers and sisters...: The Universe will ultimately erase tyrants and Neo-Holodomorists.... Peace on Earth and God bless Mother Ukraine!! 🇺🇦🇨🇦
@@charlottebowes7666 We are a global economy now. We are all interconnected. Everything affects everything else. Back in the old glory days, a country could fight some battles over some territory they wandered into, and plant the flag. Just unexplored, undeveloped land. Now we have billions of people, border to border. Nah you can't just go do that anymore.
I have a background in psychology, and Putin has what specialists diagnose as Narcissistic-Sociopathic-Psychopathic tendencies. What this means, is he's ice-cold, and has no Empathy, and could really care less who lives and who dies, as long as he stays in power. In fact, the word Love doesn't mean anything to him. But then he is a byproduct of a system that was this way, or how the KGB trained him.
@@accessorizeagain3019 Suppose for a moment, I'm Russian and well connected in the government. My people have had to endure tremendous hardship due to past invaders Napolean, Kaiser, and Hitler. I would want to control the world around me over the tremendous fear of it ever happening again. That's the mindset of Putin and his cabinet ministers, and to them, the ends justify the means with Ukraine. Now there are 3 sides to the governance of any country. Local, regional, and global. This makes for the need to think strategically. I know this, and so do well connected and established experts in the military and politics. Putin's problem is the ungodly word FEAR, for it's deeply rooted in him, causing him huge anxiety and stress. Yes, that's his problem, FEAR, and how deeply rooted in it he is. When one has that much fear inside, their behavior becomes erratic and paranoid, for they constantly try to find ways to protect themself with hyperextended boundaries. In the process, they cause everyone else around them to be frightened too. Psychologists, we know this, and sad to say, Putin is too selfish, proud, and arrogant to raise his hand and ask for HELP. Oh yes, and by the way, this also applies to Trump and his followers.
@@accessorizeagain3019 Breaks my heart to sit here and watch the beautiful cities there be turned into a heap of rubble like what happened to Stalingrad. What The KGB has managed to do with Putin, and they did this logically and methodically, is unleash an Assassin into the world. Yes, I know this, because at one time I could have become one. Today, I'm in touch with the mighty word Empathy, of which he has none, and I pity him because he will never know Love. I have reached out to the embassy of Ukraine here in San Francisco to see what steps I can take to volunteer for the coalition fighting forces, and I have received no reply.
Tim Alan - Did not Putin's wife divorce him? I mean it is surely not the first divorce of a politician, but his psychology would really be one reason to leave this man.
Russia's involvement in II WW started with it attacking Poland on 17th September 1939 only sixteen days after the German invasion (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact / Nazi-Soviet Pact).
This war is a shame that will never leave the Russians soul. Putin is such a coward, such a farce: his family are in mansions in Germany and Netherlands, while untrained, unprepared, hungry soldiers are sent to die and kill civilians, when told they were going on a training mission. His ultra-megayatch in Netherlands. In the meantime, he threatens Europe with nuclear war. The world need to get rid of this fascist scumbag as soon as possible. NATO is an organization created for the DEFENSE of its allied nations. There are already several NATO nations on the border. Not a single Eastern NATO country have deterrence weapons. It was offered that OSCE, including Russian inspectors, would assure the arsenal of each Eastern NATO country, but PUTIN REFUSED. This allegation against NATO is completely fake: the REAL reason is that Putin don't want an European democratic nation at it's border, whose people have deep bonds to the Russian people. The problem is that Putin mislead the Russians to believe that they OWN the Eastern nations, so they could invade any day he wishes. Sovereign nations. Not only that, but his declaration of war is a commitment to GENOCIDE. This war really is all about Putin's message to the Russian people, as he is loosing power internally. This is Putin's war. If the Russian military and lawmakers are not a bunch of worthless cowards, they will show Putin the way out of the Kremlin.
To claim that Russia has been attacked from 'the west' is incredibly naive. Russia and USSR has always been the aggressive part in European history unless you call Hitlers fascist army the west, and Stalin had a pact with Hitler to begin with, Molotov-Ribbentrop. If you want to take the side of someone who kills or jails his political enemies, allows no free press, rules as a dictator, go ahead, but don't blame his actions on the rest of the world.
So who is after Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, who operate black cells and torture prisoners? Calling someone else naive, while siding with regimes that do the same things or even worse, is pretty obnoxious. How many crimes have the Western Europeans committed against humanity? If you really respect truths and facts, you wouldn’t be spewing BS here. Free press? GTFOH. There is nothing free in this world. Do you see any western mainstream media dare to voice any of Russia’s concerns during the coverage of the war? It’s all one sided propaganda, with plenty of lies and manipulative coverages. You are the naive sheep. Go graze the western pasture now.
@@rickg672 You said it better!!! Truth: Putin and Stalin; huge thugs and western democracies by in large; lessor of thugs. There is no moral equivalency in making Putin Saint of the Year!!! If I ran for pres of the United States, I'm not going to get killed by my opponent!!!
The way we could have prevented Putin invading Ukraine is to have given them NATO membership. So what if Russia got annoyed. They were threatening to cut off gas and the world should have told them to go ahead and then cut them out of the gas market. Russia will get annoyed about nothing and then act like you attacked them when you respond to their provocation.
@@susannamarker2582 "The Ukraine should be a neutral buffer state. Non-alignment is the key here, not being enticed into NATO nor into the german-led EU." How you do that participation in NATO and EU is voluntary?
@@anteeko Any future long-term settlement will have to please all parties, including Russia, and that means neutrality for the Ukraine. NATO and the german-led EU are to blame for this ridiculous state of affairs.
Poland must mobilize its forces in preparation of an 01.09.1939-moment; Belarus is covering Putins flank. Support for Lwiw and West Ukraine. The historical ties are just enormous.
Wait...Imperial Russia partitioned Poland .Bolshevik Russia attacked Poland in 1922, Russia and Nazi Germany attacked Poland in 1939, Russia Attacked Finland and annexed their territory, Russia annexed part of Romania, Russia imposed itself on the baltic states in 1939, Russia redrew borders in 1945 (Yalta), snd annexed the Baltic States... Russia imposed communist puppet governments in Eastern Europe, Russia invaded Hungary in 1956, and Czechoslovakia in 1968. Russia annexed the Kuril Islands..... It was Russia who committed Genocide in Eastern Poland (Katyn). It was Russia who invaded Georgia, Crimea, the list of goes on and on....and Walter Issacson talks about Russia being invaded by Napoleon?
The United Nations is the ideal solution. Bypassing the United Nations on so many occasions has caused the present problems. The two thousand twenty five storm cloud is on the move..
Some continue to say Nato expansion was a mistake. Those are independent sovereign countries and if they want to join or not join something, they can. It in no way can be used as a justification for this invasion. None of those countries have or are planning on attacking Russia. None of those countries that border Russia would EVER attack Russia. B4 nuclear weapons and b4 Russia had #3 military on the planet this MIGHT have been a legit concern. Now, and for several decades....NO. Let's not forget, we're talking about a country who imprison s any peaceful protest, controls ALL press. Controls what u see on the internet. Kills or imprisons any legitimate political opponents. All u Trump guys who would've or supported or did protest mask or vaccine mandates, protest election results, committ insurrection, who like watching the make believe fox news. ALL.THAT IS GONE in Russia. You'd be either jailed, killed or in the case of the news.... its basically handed from Putins communications director right into news anchors hand and teleprompter and read to u. Plus an infinite number of other totally ridiculous and immoral and selfish crap you all did here in the US,"cuz u could," all of that is gone according to Putin. So if the democratically run or merely sanely run countries of Europe that share a continent with THAT guy, who has the #3 military and the most nuclear missiles on the planet, want to form a defensive alliance based on rule of law and democratically based principles its probably a good idea. Just maybe.
Is it ok for Russia to want a security corridor? Yes. Is it okay for them to make one by force? No. Maybe if they would be less xenophobic, and overthrow Putin they could even join the EU and NATO themselves.
I have a suggestion for a new model for future cold wars. The big powers in the world are now the US, China, the European Union, and yes, still, Russia, even though its economy is smaller than Texas and Italy. Rather than military might, perhaps the great powers should invest in soft power and invest in their own people. People are drawn to success, and none of the great powers other than Europe have really been successful recently in giving their people better lives. China is overcrowded to the point where it is existing on borrowed time. There aren't enough resources in the entire world to sustainably support China's population. And, China, like the US and Russia, is actually so morally weak, has so little actual confidence in itself, that it just can't realize that if it actually worked harder on improving the well being of their own people, and of other people in the world, that other countries would then flock to their sphere of influence. The US and Russia are post first world countries. They've given into oligarchy and given up on actually improving the lives of their citizens. Like China, the US and Russia actually have no faith in the core principals they purportedly espouse. So, the US is cracking down on women's rights and voting rights, is not providing its people with living wage jobs, and has made the cost of medical care out of reach for over half of its people The result? Lifespans in Russia and the US are plummeting.
@@freeheeler09 What you are saying about China might have been true 20 years ago but no longer. 600,000,000 people have been lifted out of poverty in the PRC in the last 20 years. This is a fact and no one disputes that. IMO the only thing that Russia and China have in common is a 4000 mile long border.
No...it is not ok to impose a security a corridor against the will of the nations that would be affected. The best security is to seek good relations with other nations..period...not by the barrel of the gun. Ask yourself why countries want to join NATO?
Conversely, it could be stated that not allowing Ukraine into NATO gave Putin permission to attack an undefended country. If it were a member of NATO the bully would have taken on the world.
Ukranian Forces have been aggressive and hostile towards Russians for 8 years in donbass, you're being lied to! Source: ruclips.net/video/IBeRB7rWk_8/видео.html
The former Soviet republics fear the return of the Russian rule not only because of democracy/freedoms, but also because of Russian cultural inadequacy (values, etc)
@@NotShowingOffa weak Russia will sell off, and give away the rights to exploit Siberia to the bone. There was already hope for that, with Gorbatchov and then Jeltsin as presidents. So, how do you do it, with a huge country like that? You make it the enemy of the free world first. You poke and provoke, till it reacts. If you look at any world military map, you can see that Russia is surrounded with NATO bases. USA can not even imagine being in such position. People of USA are freaking about dangers of wars on other side of the planet. So, the NATO circle around Russia is getting tighter, and Russia finally reacts, as it has to show its power. But, Russia really has weapons of mass distruction. It is not like Sadam and his, now ours, oil... So the idea is to starve it with sanctions, and blead with indirect wars. Siberia is waiting :) the
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Interesting W. wanted to have a way to include Ukraine and Georgia, shame he didn't know his history the Kyiv was Kyiv before Moscow was Moscow. And why didn't anyone else in the room point that out about Ukraine. Between everyone I've watched that has a clear eye on how putin thinks, NATO needs to listen.
@@KBTadieh Why don't you hand over your house, your money, your children and all you own to your neighbor and he decides what you might get back or if you get anything back at all? Putin wants to build a Russian with the borders of the Sowjetunion.
The Ukraine should be a neutral buffer state and should not be enticed into NATO or into the EU. Nor should it be aligned with Russia. The Ukraine should trade with the whole world, attract foreign investment and fight its own endemic corruption.
Putin has bought 40 Ice breakers and has Successfully kept the Artic Sea Lanes open in the winter. No Reindeer and no Polar bears both getting Extinct. Allan.
Ukraine doesn't have to have nuclear weapons to be a free country, if the USA didn't want to have nuclear missiles in Cuba, why should Putin allow in Ukraine what the USA didn't allow in Cuba?
Sounds like the republican party. So, who is the student and who is the teacher . I seriously can't tell the difference between trump, the republican party and putin. VOTE BLUE in 22&24 to avert disaster.
Not making Ukraine a NATO member years ago was a major mistake. Europeans should have listened to G.W. Bush. You have to realize giants like NATO and Russia must be direct neighbors, peace between which is maintained by mutual deterrence. You should have realized any small "buffer" counties in between would be absorbed into one power or the other. If you had made Ukraine a NATO member, you would have built a concrete side by side with the concrete wall that is Russia and Russia would have to live with it. This would have capped their expansionist desires to undermine and dominate small democracies in its neighborhood. Philosophy of NATO is a hard, global and collective shell for protecting individually soft, weak and small democracies. Like a crab's shell.
"Philosophy of NATO is a hard and global shell for protecting soft, weak and small democracies. Like a crab's shell." Is this from Christian Andersen's tales? Oh, can't be because he died 150 years ago! I suggest you talk to someone from those "democracies" "protected" by this alliance, you might find the truth.
@@danielhutchinson6604 Your master only understands force and strength and a hard iron fist. Appeasement and showing weakness in front of such an animal is a big mistake. Gone are the days when Stalin could spare 30 million Russian lives to repel Germans. Also nobody is talking about attacking Russia, idiot. It's all about containing your master's expansionism but building a concrete wall called NATO to protect those small fragile democracies, If enough Russians stop fearing Putin they will the first ones to bury the mafia boss alive. Unfortunately Russians today are mostly like those tortured, beat dogs in Martin Seligman's experiments. Putin's mafia (as do other successful dictatorships) has taught them helplessness. Just something to convey to your bosses.
@@itsawonderfullife4802 Your pathetic answer to a real situation reveals your lineage? Apparently your Grandfather Joe McCarthy taught you everything before his liver gave out. If you can not produce an effective argument you assume you ar discussing current affairs with a Russian. The way you slur your words makes it apparent you are as drunk as Grandpa was.....
When you come back to the question "could it have been differently?", the answer - as George Kennan emphatically! indicated - is yes, it could. We might have taken what Putin said in his 2007 speech and repeatedly since into consideration rather than presume to know what we he wants.
These could all have been different: Master List of US Aggression By William Blum Instances of the United States overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. (* indicates successful ouster of a government) China 1949 to early 1960s Albania 1949-53 East Germany 1950s Iran 1953 * Guatemala 1954 * Costa Rica mid-1950s Syria 1956-7 Egypt 1957 Indonesia 1957-8 British Guiana 1953-64 * Iraq 1963 * North Vietnam 1945-73 Cambodia 1955-70 * Laos 1958 *, 1959 *, 1960 * Ecuador 1960-63 * Congo 1960 * France 1965 Brazil 1962-64 * Dominican Republic 1963 * Cuba 1959 to present Bolivia 1964 * Indonesia 1965 * Ghana 1966 * Chile 1964-73 * Greece 1967 * Costa Rica 1970-71 Bolivia 1971 * Australia 1973-75 * Angola 1975, 1980s Zaire 1975 Portugal 1974-76 * Jamaica 1976-80 * Seychelles 1979-81 Chad 1981-82 * Grenada 1983 * South Yemen 1982-84 Suriname 1982-84 Fiji 1987 * Libya 1980s Nicaragua 1981-90 * Panama 1989 * Bulgaria 1990 * Albania 1991 * Iraq 1991 Afghanistan 1980s * Somalia 1993 Yugoslavia 1999-2000 * Ecuador 2000 * Afghanistan 2001 * Venezuela 2002 * Iraq 2003 * Haiti *2004 Somalia 2007 to present Honduras 2009 * Libya 2011 * Syria 2012 Ukraine 2014 *
That’s the best explanation of Putin’s overall game plan, and the methodology he uses to achieve it I’ve ever heard. He knows how to identify, and exploit weaknesses. I love my country immensely, but as an American this is especially concerning. Collectively, we have a virtual smorgasbord of characteristics a vindictive autocrat like Putin can use against us. We are a country with short attention spans, and an even shorter collective memory. We tend to be superficial, arrogant, and immature when facing domestic issues, and we lack empathy when confronted with the problems of others. It’s a good thing we have a military that essentially cannot be matched, but if we ever lose that advantage, we’d better have a backup plan. Eventually, we’re gonna have to make an honest assessment of ourselves, and “grow up” so to speak. ✌🏻🇺🇸
No. We must meet Putin in Western Ukraine and give HIM the option to fight or not fight. it's the only way to stop him. We are giving him Ukraine and he will think he won. He has the munitions, he has the tanks, he has the men, he has the fuel, he has the rations....sanctions do not affect those. Only in facing NATO troops can he be convinced NATO is serious. Then we can start negotiating and maybe preserve part of Ukraine.
All the independent countries should truly hit harder ratPUTIN economy… Russia as a country has a very small GDP … U.S. ranks as the world's largest economy with a GDP of $21 trillion….Russia's nominal GDP comes in at $1.48 trillion. 1 In terms of GDP, Russia trails much smaller countries, such as the United Kingdom, Italy, and France.
Time "allows" the presence of fools....it even gives them room to breed😎 In exchabge TIME *ALSO* allows for LESSONS LEARNED❤ (FREEWILL can be as costly as FREEDOM itself...Be free by your strength as a PEOPLE or become RULED by the wealth of just a few families and their INFLUENCE)
Would be nice if the "experts" would include a clear and concise talking point in their CFR approved conversations that there was in fact a winner in the cold war and there were consequences to loosing in that great struggle. NATO was enlarged because we won plain and simple.
This woman is the total package of past present & future. Another evening of brilliant interviews
Agreed!
NATO has been proven to be a disaster for Europe. This war was escalated from EU , UN and NATO.
Russia is an empire in decline , its beyond my comprehension who would think to expand.
@@eleonoramarkopaljusevic3501 how so exactly?
Bet ppl are so easily to fall those propaganda are the same ppl who Voluntarilyyy got vaccinated..
Those ppl have neither proper knowledge nor intuition intelligence.
They deserve the vaccines
@@janjasiewicz9851 RT didn’t provide those details, apparently.
Good to hear intelligent conversations on very important topics. Very unusual these days to get intelligent information.
Thats because repugs have been duming down education for decades .. yet we have persevered !!!
It certainly didn't help to have a prez, 45, weakening NATO and emboldening Putin. Since this was left unsaid.
It certainly did not. Not to mention dividing our country and his current praise of Putin’s actions. He has been such a good puppet
America's best defense against this type of thing, is strong public education. Oh, wait...
I believe that Putin figured the US is as weak and off balance as could be so chose this as his time to strike. I look forward to a post-45 recovery of the US.
@Social Media Heretic The guy Republicans hated so much, they despised thier own ideas, because he was in favor of it. Starting with him, anything and EVERYTHING Democrats were in favor of? Conservatives were instantly against, with very very few exceptions.
43 and 44 hold some responsibility in this as well.
A fascinating glimpse into the world of geopolitics from a seasoned expert
Russia if you're listening, you need to 'retire' Putin.
Brilliant! Thank you!
Glory to Ukraine!!
Keep the GREAT material coming! You guys are rock! So many great interviews bringing insights and detail these days. 🙏🏽
Thank you for watching. We appreciate you.
A breath of fresh air in an otherwise useless reiteration of reactionary pablum, thank you very much Angela & Anapour !
I am so thankful that Trumpf is the "former guy," during this critical war crisis. Remember, 45 tried to withhold U.S. aid and weapons from Ukraine.
I hope Dr. Stent is advising Presedent Biden. She is brilliant... and incredibly articulate on the past, present, and future of these geopolitical challenges.
Putin's appearance at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, and meeting with Xi, was a wink to the West about what was shortly to follow.
And provided the courtesy of at least waiting until Xi’s Winter Olympics closing ceremony before he began his military adventure.
Great interview Walter - enjoyed that. What an expert Angela Stent is and a great communicator. Lots of important background and information here. It's not looking great for Ukraine.. Thanks
Been so for a long time. What are we doing to Syria for Israeli? They want the Middle East for their dream. Zionist dream. Palestine we don't come to their aid from Zionist invasion and wealth. Our government foreign policy is not just. Ukraine had a lot of warnigs but formed no alliance to,protect themselves. Ali ountries should stay in their borders. We are not the world police for them and others. WWII we paid off war debts for British and rebuilt Europe. People homeless living in the streets, still dying of COVID, our infrastructure falling apart and huge debt from Repub tax cuts yet the leader of Ukraine angry we don't send arms and military. President of Ukraine knows this was a long time threat...now we should jump? He should go back to being a comedian. Not fit to be Ukrainian leader. East and West of Ukraine divided by wealth and religion.
I'll say it again, if Putin doesn't want to feel threatened by NATO then it perhaps should consider not threatening its neighbors...
When the “dogs of war are unleashed there are no rules”
When the dogs of war are unleashed, you must go where they lead.
@D Legionnaire Sounds shit mate, try Shakespeare 💋
No he doesnt want NO RULES ...he wants his own rules no others .!
Did you hear anything about ZIONISTS AND THEIR NEW WORLD ORDER?! or you stupid?! Putin is the only president who protect his country from this ROTHSCHILD Mafia who wants one new world order where everyone will get a mark of the Beast. and the beast is Judaism (ZIONISM)
Yes. That’s the thing with petty dictator type fascism. They want the same thing but they don’t want to share power. Bothe GOP Doctrine and Putin Doctrine.
Great book! Angela is on top of it!
And we want a world with lots of rules...all tailored to benefit our corporations and wealthy elites...which is worse?
Thank you excellent presentation.
it's nonsensical to give any credence to the notion that Russia (which is a second world disaster with an economy smaller than Italy) should be able to decide what it's neighbours do or don't do
Beautiful Ukraine . has vast amounts of raw natural resources
So why should the US be able to? You know there was a us backed coup in 2014? Why did those ethnic Russians want to separate? Why dont you allow them to separate?
@@penhdog2207 Any proof there was a coup in 2014?
Is there any proof those ethnic russian wanted to separate before that and that is not the old excuse russian always use to intervine militarly?
@@penhdog2207 nonsense!
Putin has oversized ambitions to Make Russia Great Again.
It’s economy is about the size of New York State on a good day, but has taken a hit since the start of invasion. Its currency which had been declining for some months declined some 30% since invading Ukraine.
Putin isn’t at all interested in any attempt by the west to reduce tensions. He thrives on instability. Don’t forget he won his first election for president by stoking fear and uncertainty among Russians when several apartment buildings were bombed supposedly by Chechnyan separatists.
His long game is to occupy Ukraine and absorb it into Russia proper. It’s a matter of pride for Russian nationalists, who feel that it’s long history of association with Ukraine justifies ownership, not that Ukrainians would agree. Hence the robust armed resistance against the Russian invasion. Putin totally miscalculated.
Another compelling reason Putin has for occupation (or having a puppet government as a second choice) is to have a warm water port. That’s a dream of Russia going all the way back to Catherine the Great. For Putin it’s key to his vision of a strong Russia that can project military power around the world but starting in the Middle East. A new naval base in southern Ukraine supported by the not insubstantial Ukrainian industrial base would serve that role nicely. The only hitch would be free passage from the Black Sea through the Bosphorus Strait. For unfettered use Russia will need a pliant Turkey. And in that regard Turkey’s Erdogan has been warming up to Putin in the recent past. But that’s a problem for the future.
Russia by this invasion into Ukraine will inspire countries that are bordering or near to Russia to become far more militaristic and defense-minded than they had been in the past. This is exactly the opposite of what Russia desires from these countries. Talk about self-fulfilling prophecies Russia has concerning its Western borders.
Nope...they don't want NATO to keep expanding into their territory. You HYPOCRITES somehow don't think he's right
I’m sure China is waiting to see how Putin makes out in Ukraine before Xi considers Taiwan.
@@KBTadieh "they don't want NATO to keep expanding into their territory"
When did Ukraine become Russia's territory? I must have missed that proclamation.
Putin's claims sound exactly like Hitler and his gangstas saying,
"Germany requires Lebensraum ('living space') in order to survive." as an excuse to invade other countries.
Ukranian Forces have been aggressive and hostile towards Russians for 8 years in donbass, you're being lied to!
Source: ruclips.net/video/IBeRB7rWk_8/видео.html
@@KBTadieh Putin's war of aggression shows every country why they joined NATO and every other country outside want to join NATO to be safe from Putin's huge army.
Don’t forget that initially Russia aligned with Hitler, the took Poland, Finland and the Baltic states. Until Hilter abandoned taking then U.K., and turned East.
This war is a shame that will never leave the Russians soul. Putin is such a coward, such a farce: his family are in mansions in Germany and Netherlands, while untrained, unprepared, hungry soldiers are sent to die and kill civilians, when told they were going on a training mission. His ultra-megayatch in Netherlands. In the meantime, he threatens Europe with nuclear war. The world need to get rid of this fascist scumbag as soon as possible.
NATO is an organization created for the DEFENSE of its allied nations. There are already several NATO nations on the border. Not a single Eastern NATO country have deterrence weapons. It was offered that OSCE, including Russian inspectors, would assure the arsenal of each Eastern NATO country, but PUTIN REFUSED. This allegation against NATO is completely fake: the REAL reason is that Putin don't want an European democratic nation at it's border, whose people have deep bonds to the Russian people. The problem is that Putin mislead the Russians to believe that they OWN the Eastern nations, so they could invade any day he wishes. Sovereign nations. Not only that, but his declaration of war is a commitment to GENOCIDE. This war really is all about Putin's message to the Russian people, as he is loosing power internally. This is Putin's war. If the Russian military and lawmakers are not a bunch of worthless cowards, they will show Putin the way out of the Kremlin.
of course sanctions r not going to affect him perosnally
Another book to read as quickly as possible. These policy experts have so much to teach us but the average person is unlikely to get through this 17 minute interview. I will "share" it widely with those in my "bubble" and hope they do not take the stance of DON'T LOOK UP.
I've just discovered this amazing channel. Fantastic interviews
Germany and Japan didn't had to invade anyone after WW2 to become great powers. They understood they could thrive economically. Putin can't do that.
How many countries have Putin invaded since ww2? and how many countries have America invaded since ww2?
F**king hypocrites
Russia could have been an absolute economic monster if it hasnt choose the path of oligarcy.
Ironically Russia would have been far more likely to gain influence on its neighbour countries as economic incentives are a far stronger incentice for countires to cooperate than aggresive threats and corruption.
He might have been able to build a “United union of Russia” or something similar
Yes, Germany and Japan have been 2 good "bull terriers" on a strong steel leash, with a cat ' nine in hand by the US hegemon. Remember the 1962 Cuban missile crisis? Just as U yanks were afraid then, the Russians are afraid now if it happens in Ukraine.
@@KBTadieh Putin hasn't really been in power since ww2. The Soviet Union/Russia has invaded quite a few.
@@anteeko Exactly, very well said. You must have to consider that Russia is at the EU doorstep, what enormous economic potential lost. Not only that, but during the Trump administration, in this alternate reality, Russia could have alienated the US and side with Europe. This war is a shame that will never leave the Russians soul. Putin is such a coward, such a farce: his family are in mansions in Germany and Netherlands, while untrained, unprepared, hungry soldiers are sent to die and kill civilians, when told they were going on a training mission. His ultra-megayatch in Netherlands. In the meantime, he threatens Europe with nuclear war. The world need to get rid of this fascist scumbag as soon as possible.
NATO is an organization created for the DEFENSE of its allied nations. There are already several NATO nations on the border. Not a single Eastern NATO country have deterrence weapons. It was offered that OSCE, including Russian inspectors, would assure the arsenal of each Eastern NATO country, but PUTIN REFUSED. This allegation against NATO is completely fake: the REAL reason is that Putin don't want an European democratic nation at it's border, whose people have deep bonds to the Russian people. The problem is that Putin mislead the Russians to believe that they OWN the Eastern nations, so they could invade any day he wishes. Sovereign nations. Not only that, but his declaration of war is a commitment to GENOCIDE. This war really is all about Putin's message to the Russian people, as he is loosing power internally. This is Putin's war. If the Russian military and lawmakers are not a bunch of worthless cowards, they will show Putin the way out of the Kremlin.
'territorial claims', what a ridiculous concept, how far back in history do you go to draw that line in the sand. It is a justification for jingoism not an intelligent world view.
NATO should not be mentioned as a reason Putin is acting without explaining that multiple former Soviet states that border Russia are already members of NATO. If anything, this shows we need to fast track vetting and bringing countries near Russia into NATO. Putin would not have done this had Ukraine been part of NATO.
This war is a shame that will never leave the Russians soul. Putin is such a coward, such a farce: his family are in mansions in Germany and Netherlands, while untrained, unprepared, hungry soldiers are sent to die and kill civilians, when told they were going on a training mission. His ultra-megayatch in Netherlands. In the meantime, he threatens Europe with nuclear war. The world need to get rid of this fascist scumbag as soon as possible.
NATO is an organization created for the DEFENSE of its allied nations. There are already several NATO nations on the border. Not a single Eastern NATO country have deterrence weapons. It was offered that OSCE, including Russian inspectors, would assure the arsenal of each Eastern NATO country, but PUTIN REFUSED. This allegation against NATO is completely fake: the REAL reason is that Putin don't want an European democratic nation at it's border, whose people have deep bonds to the Russian people. The problem is that Putin mislead the Russians to believe that they OWN the Eastern nations, so they could invade any day he wishes. Sovereign nations. Not only that, but his declaration of war is a commitment to GENOCIDE. This war really is all about Putin's message to the Russian people, as he is loosing power internally. This is Putin's war. If the Russian military and lawmakers are not a bunch of worthless cowards, they will show Putin the way out of the Kremlin.
Putin believes he is a benevolent dictator. Stalin thought like this as well. The people are kittens and need to be protected.
He could give two fucks about people. He just doesn't want to be alive when the Russians learn how much he has stolen.
Yeah he treats people more like pesky ants
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great questions, fascinating responses
He wants HIS rules
He's living in the Past
The past doesn't exist anymore. He is using the same tactics Hitler used. But we have the internet now .
The internet doesn’t stop a gun, that’s another gun.
@@charlottebowes7666 We are a global economy now.
We are all interconnected. Everything affects everything else.
Back in the old glory days, a country could fight some battles over some territory they wandered into, and plant the flag. Just unexplored, undeveloped land.
Now we have billions of people, border to border.
Nah you can't just go do that anymore.
@@claudiacardinelli1867 Except that it’s already happening regardless of your opinion 💋
I was worried by the video's title, but this was an excellent video. I'd add that the parallels to the 2008 Russo-Georgian War are sobering.
I have a background in psychology, and Putin has what specialists diagnose as Narcissistic-Sociopathic-Psychopathic tendencies. What this means, is he's ice-cold, and has no Empathy, and could really care less who lives and who dies, as long as he stays in power. In fact, the word Love doesn't mean anything to him. But then he is a byproduct of a system that was this way, or how the KGB trained him.
yesTim Alan exactly
@@accessorizeagain3019 Suppose for a moment, I'm Russian and well connected in the government. My people have had to endure tremendous hardship due to past invaders Napolean, Kaiser, and Hitler. I would want to control the world around me over the tremendous fear of it ever happening again. That's the mindset of Putin and his cabinet ministers, and to them, the ends justify the means with Ukraine. Now there are 3 sides to the governance of any country. Local, regional, and global. This makes for the need to think strategically. I know this, and so do well connected and established experts in the military and politics. Putin's problem is the ungodly word FEAR, for it's deeply rooted in him, causing him huge anxiety and stress. Yes, that's his problem, FEAR, and how deeply rooted in it he is. When one has that much fear inside, their behavior becomes erratic and paranoid, for they constantly try to find ways to protect themself with hyperextended boundaries. In the process, they cause everyone else around them to be frightened too. Psychologists, we know this, and sad to say, Putin is too selfish, proud, and arrogant to raise his hand and ask for HELP. Oh yes, and by the way, this also applies to Trump and his followers.
@@timalan5376 Totally Understand and agree. thank you for taking the time to explain
@@accessorizeagain3019 Breaks my heart to sit here and watch the beautiful cities there be turned into a heap of rubble like what happened to Stalingrad. What The KGB has managed to do with Putin, and they did this logically and methodically, is unleash an Assassin into the world. Yes, I know this, because at one time I could have become one. Today, I'm in touch with the mighty word Empathy, of which he has none, and I pity him because he will never know Love. I have reached out to the embassy of Ukraine here in San Francisco to see what steps I can take to volunteer for the coalition fighting forces, and I have received no reply.
Tim Alan - Did not Putin's wife divorce him? I mean it is surely not the first divorce of a politician, but his psychology would really be one reason to leave this man.
Now I think the United States needs to admit Ukraine Into the nato alliance and we need to do our version of the little green men to help out Ukraine
Do that, and you'll be nuked. Putin was very clear. This is all BECAUSE they were going to join NATO.
Russia's involvement in II WW started with it attacking Poland on 17th September 1939 only sixteen days after the German invasion (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact / Nazi-Soviet Pact).
He’s not a real judo champion. He’s been prompted up because no Russian will seriously fight him. That’s propaganda.
Excellent reporting and interview.
Thanks for watching. We appreciate you.
Yes, Russia (or rather the Soviet Union) was attacked by Germany in 1941 but first together with the Nazis it invaded Poland in 1939.
@@bradleyeric14 And then Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria...
Stalin- Hitler non aggression pact
Don't forget about Yugoslavia...when NATO bombed them. Now they're crying because the fear retribution
Where was she during Iraq, Syria, Libya, Serbia etc when West committed aggression?
Good point. Rules for thee not for me. Definitely blurs the line between who is “good” and who is evil
@@Lemieux_7
How true.
One sided morality
This aggression needs to end. Everyone pretends like the US has been a model of decensy.
One of his failures is the bad or lack of russian Soft power. Maybe because of his background the concept is considered "weak".
This war is a shame that will never leave the Russians soul. Putin is such a coward, such a farce: his family are in mansions in Germany and Netherlands, while untrained, unprepared, hungry soldiers are sent to die and kill civilians, when told they were going on a training mission. His ultra-megayatch in Netherlands. In the meantime, he threatens Europe with nuclear war. The world need to get rid of this fascist scumbag as soon as possible.
NATO is an organization created for the DEFENSE of its allied nations. There are already several NATO nations on the border. Not a single Eastern NATO country have deterrence weapons. It was offered that OSCE, including Russian inspectors, would assure the arsenal of each Eastern NATO country, but PUTIN REFUSED. This allegation against NATO is completely fake: the REAL reason is that Putin don't want an European democratic nation at it's border, whose people have deep bonds to the Russian people. The problem is that Putin mislead the Russians to believe that they OWN the Eastern nations, so they could invade any day he wishes. Sovereign nations. Not only that, but his declaration of war is a commitment to GENOCIDE. This war really is all about Putin's message to the Russian people, as he is loosing power internally. This is Putin's war. If the Russian military and lawmakers are not a bunch of worthless cowards, they will show Putin the way out of the Kremlin.
To claim that Russia has been attacked from 'the west' is incredibly naive. Russia and USSR has always been the aggressive part in European history unless you call Hitlers fascist army the west, and Stalin had a pact with Hitler to begin with, Molotov-Ribbentrop. If you want to take the side of someone who kills or jails his political enemies, allows no free press, rules as a dictator, go ahead, but don't blame his actions on the rest of the world.
So who is after Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, who operate black cells and torture prisoners? Calling someone else naive, while siding with regimes that do the same things or even worse, is pretty obnoxious. How many crimes have the Western Europeans committed against humanity? If you really respect truths and facts, you wouldn’t be spewing BS here. Free press? GTFOH. There is nothing free in this world. Do you see any western mainstream media dare to voice any of Russia’s concerns during the coverage of the war? It’s all one sided propaganda, with plenty of lies and manipulative coverages. You are the naive sheep. Go graze the western pasture now.
@@lordlee6473 well said..bravo!
@@GARRY3754 They have attacked AND THEN LEFT and let the "conquered" folks re-establish their own government(s).
@@rickg672 You said it better!!! Truth: Putin and Stalin; huge thugs and western democracies by in large; lessor of thugs. There is no moral equivalency in making Putin Saint of the Year!!! If I ran for pres of the United States, I'm not going to get killed by my opponent!!!
@@johnkarls2132 Ever heard of Powell/Rumsfeld/Bush/Cheney Rice???🤔
The way we could have prevented Putin invading Ukraine is to have given them NATO membership. So what if Russia got annoyed. They were threatening to cut off gas and the world should have told them to go ahead and then cut them out of the gas market. Russia will get annoyed about nothing and then act like you attacked them when you respond to their provocation.
interesting though, my understanding is Russia was treatening war if Ukraine joined NATO.
The Ukraine should be a neutral buffer state. Non-alignment is the key here, not being enticed into NATO nor into the german-led EU.
@@susannamarker2582 "The Ukraine should be a neutral buffer state. Non-alignment is the key here, not being enticed into NATO nor into the german-led EU."
How you do that participation in NATO and EU is voluntary?
@@anteeko Are you asking me or telling me ? If you're telling me, get rid of the question mark.
@@anteeko Any future long-term settlement will have to please all parties, including Russia, and that means neutrality for the Ukraine. NATO and the german-led EU are to blame for this ridiculous state of affairs.
Angela Stent is probably the smartest person I've ever heard. She definitely knows her facts.
Poland must mobilize its forces in preparation of an 01.09.1939-moment; Belarus is covering Putins flank. Support for Lwiw and West Ukraine. The historical ties are just enormous.
To be correct neither Hungary nor Romania had ever had centuries of domination of Russia... Austro-Hungarian Empire anyone?..
Wait...Imperial Russia partitioned Poland .Bolshevik Russia attacked Poland in 1922, Russia and Nazi Germany attacked Poland in 1939, Russia Attacked Finland and annexed their territory, Russia annexed part of Romania, Russia imposed itself on the baltic states in 1939, Russia redrew borders in 1945 (Yalta), snd annexed the Baltic States... Russia imposed communist puppet governments in Eastern Europe, Russia invaded Hungary in 1956, and Czechoslovakia in 1968. Russia annexed the Kuril Islands..... It was Russia who committed Genocide in Eastern Poland (Katyn). It was Russia who invaded Georgia, Crimea, the list of goes on and on....and Walter Issacson talks about Russia being invaded by Napoleon?
Lol!!!
Excellent overlooked info here. Please make a You Tube channel.
Finally truth and insight unabashed!
The United Nations is the ideal solution. Bypassing the United Nations on so many occasions has caused the present problems. The two thousand twenty five storm cloud is on the move..
If he succeeds, Finland is next on his radar.
Some continue to say Nato expansion was a mistake. Those are independent sovereign countries and if they want to join or not join something, they can. It in no way can be used as a justification for this invasion. None of those countries have or are planning on attacking Russia. None of those countries that border Russia would EVER attack Russia. B4 nuclear weapons and b4 Russia had #3 military on the planet this MIGHT have been a legit concern. Now, and for several decades....NO. Let's not forget, we're talking about a country who imprison s any peaceful protest, controls ALL press. Controls what u see on the internet. Kills or imprisons any legitimate political opponents. All u Trump guys who would've or supported or did protest mask or vaccine mandates, protest election results, committ insurrection, who like watching the make believe fox news. ALL.THAT IS GONE in Russia. You'd be either jailed, killed or in the case of the news.... its basically handed from Putins communications director right into news anchors hand and teleprompter and read to u. Plus an infinite number of other totally ridiculous and immoral and selfish crap you all did here in the US,"cuz u could," all of that is gone according to Putin. So if the democratically run or merely sanely run countries of Europe that share a continent with THAT guy, who has the #3 military and the most nuclear missiles on the planet, want to form a defensive alliance based on rule of law and democratically based principles its probably a good idea. Just maybe.
Totally agree!
Putin's lost his mind !
Is it ok for Russia to want a security corridor? Yes. Is it okay for them to make one by force? No. Maybe if they would be less xenophobic, and overthrow Putin they could even join the EU and NATO themselves.
I have a suggestion for a new model for future cold wars. The big powers in the world are now the US, China, the European Union, and yes, still, Russia, even though its economy is smaller than Texas and Italy.
Rather than military might, perhaps the great powers should invest in soft power and invest in their own people. People are drawn to success, and none of the great powers other than Europe have really been successful recently in giving their people better lives. China is overcrowded to the point where it is existing on borrowed time. There aren't enough resources in the entire world to sustainably support China's population. And, China, like the US and Russia, is actually so morally weak, has so little actual confidence in itself, that it just can't realize that if it actually worked harder on improving the well being of their own people, and of other people in the world, that other countries would then flock to their sphere of influence.
The US and Russia are post first world countries. They've given into oligarchy and given up on actually improving the lives of their citizens. Like China, the US and Russia actually have no faith in the core principals they purportedly espouse. So, the US is cracking down on women's rights and voting rights, is not providing its people with living wage jobs, and has made the cost of medical care out of reach for over half of its people The result? Lifespans in Russia and the US are plummeting.
@@freeheeler09 What you are saying about China might have been true 20 years ago but no longer. 600,000,000 people have been lifted out of poverty in the PRC in the last 20 years. This is a fact and no one disputes that. IMO the only thing that Russia and China have in common is a 4000 mile long border.
No...it is not ok to impose a security a corridor against the will of the nations that would be affected. The best security is to seek good relations with other nations..period...not by the barrel of the gun. Ask yourself why countries want to join NATO?
@@davidrink1291 you said what I wanted to say about China.
@@davidrink1291 on the surface it has done that, even Rusia is doing better for its citizens.
The Baltics to connect with Kaliningrad. Then it's WWIII. In principle, little different from what he's doing now.
This lady is amazing!
Finland need to sign NATO ASAP
Tanks again for this insightful interview.
Thanks for watching. We appreciate you.
Conversely, it could be stated that not allowing Ukraine into NATO gave Putin permission to attack an undefended country. If it were a member of NATO the bully would have taken on the world.
Putin sounds like he has adopted his own "Monroe Doctrine". Manifest Destiny.
Remember the 1962 Cuban missile crisis? Just as U yanks were afraid then, the Russians are afraid now if it happens in Ukraine.
Ukranian Forces have been aggressive and hostile towards Russians for 8 years in donbass, you're being lied to!
Source: ruclips.net/video/IBeRB7rWk_8/видео.html
"He who has the power makes the rules." This is what that looks like.
I like your content. I have a request. I'm having a difficult time hearing the guests speak. Is there a way to improve the sound quality? Thank you.
Yes, sound quality could be better. Sounds warbly, like there are effects on it!
That’s the flaw of home tele-meets.
The former Soviet republics fear the return of the Russian rule not only because of democracy/freedoms, but also because of Russian cultural inadequacy (values, etc)
The word "inadequacy" doesn't even begin to describe it. Brutality is the term.
Exactly.
What about Siberia? Isn't Siberia incredibly rich in everything that global powers need more and more every day?
Ahh. So the crux of the matter emerges.
What makes Ukraine such a juicy target, and Russia, not?
@@NotShowingOffa weak Russia will sell off, and give away the rights to exploit Siberia to the bone.
There was already hope for that, with Gorbatchov and then Jeltsin as presidents.
So, how do you do it, with a huge country like that? You make it the enemy of the free world first. You poke and provoke, till it reacts.
If you look at any world military map, you can see that Russia is surrounded with NATO bases. USA can not even imagine being in such position. People of USA are freaking about dangers of wars on other side of the planet.
So, the NATO circle around Russia is getting tighter, and Russia finally reacts, as it has to show its power.
But, Russia really has weapons of mass distruction.
It is not like Sadam and his, now ours, oil...
So the idea is to starve it with sanctions, and blead with indirect wars.
Siberia is waiting :) the
@@majdavojnikovic exactly. The weapons of mass destruction frees a country from invasion.
In the meantime, say goodbye to Ukraine.
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Wrong questions.
Waiting for Belorus to kick out the pretender
Next will be Hungury, Romania and Czecoslavakia and Poland if he is not stopped by Ukraine.
Allan.
Interesting W. wanted to have a way to include Ukraine and Georgia, shame he didn't know his history the Kyiv was Kyiv before Moscow was Moscow. And why didn't anyone else in the room point that out about Ukraine. Between everyone I've watched that has a clear eye on how putin thinks, NATO needs to listen.
Because NATO/the West is the one at fault here 100%. These hypocrites keep expanding NATO and they cry foul when Russia responds
@@KBTadieh yeah! The Ukrainian people should blame the west for anything Putin does here.
@@KBTadieh
Looks to me like countries want in. Wonder why that is.
@@KBTadieh Why don't you hand over your house, your money, your children and all you own to your neighbor and he decides what you might get back or if you get anything back at all? Putin wants to build a Russian with the borders of the Sowjetunion.
You right, I personally been born and living until turning 53 years, Under Soviet Union influence.
Please do inform people with this.
The Ukraine should be a neutral buffer state and should not be enticed into NATO or into the EU. Nor should it be aligned with Russia. The Ukraine should trade with the whole world, attract foreign investment and fight its own endemic corruption.
Thank you
Listening to her book now.
Putin has bought 40 Ice breakers and has Successfully kept the Artic Sea Lanes open in the winter.
No Reindeer and no Polar bears both getting Extinct.
Allan.
Ukraine doesn't have to have nuclear weapons to be a free country, if the USA didn't want to have nuclear missiles in Cuba, why should Putin allow in Ukraine what the USA didn't allow in Cuba?
Sounds like the republican party.
So, who is the student and who is the teacher .
I seriously can't tell the difference between trump, the republican party and putin.
VOTE BLUE in 22&24 to avert disaster.
excellent analysis
Not making Ukraine a NATO member years ago was a major mistake. Europeans should have listened to G.W. Bush. You have to realize giants like NATO and Russia must be direct neighbors, peace between which is maintained by mutual deterrence. You should have realized any small "buffer" counties in between would be absorbed into one power or the other. If you had made Ukraine a NATO member, you would have built a concrete side by side with the concrete wall that is Russia and Russia would have to live with it. This would have capped their expansionist desires to undermine and dominate small democracies in its neighborhood.
Philosophy of NATO is a hard, global and collective shell for protecting individually soft, weak and small democracies. Like a crab's shell.
How damn ignorant of challenging Russia are you?
You may need to consult some Germans who lived in 1945?
Stop attacking Russia.....
"Philosophy of NATO is a hard and global shell for protecting soft, weak and small democracies. Like a crab's shell."
Is this from Christian Andersen's tales? Oh, can't be because he died 150 years ago! I suggest you talk to someone from those "democracies" "protected" by this alliance, you might find the truth.
@@bibab2390
Hahaha
@@danielhutchinson6604 Your master only understands force and strength and a hard iron fist. Appeasement and showing weakness in front of such an animal is a big mistake. Gone are the days when Stalin could spare 30 million Russian lives to repel Germans.
Also nobody is talking about attacking Russia, idiot. It's all about containing your master's expansionism but building a concrete wall called NATO to protect those small fragile democracies,
If enough Russians stop fearing Putin they will the first ones to bury the mafia boss alive. Unfortunately Russians today are mostly like those tortured, beat dogs in Martin Seligman's experiments. Putin's mafia (as do other successful dictatorships) has taught them helplessness.
Just something to convey to your bosses.
@@itsawonderfullife4802 Your pathetic answer to a real situation reveals your lineage? Apparently your Grandfather Joe McCarthy taught you everything before his liver gave out.
If you can not produce an effective argument you assume you ar discussing current affairs with a Russian.
The way you slur your words makes it apparent you are as drunk as Grandpa was.....
When you come back to the question "could it have been differently?", the answer - as George Kennan emphatically! indicated - is yes, it could. We might have taken what Putin said in his 2007 speech and repeatedly since into consideration rather than presume to know what we he wants.
These could all have been different:
Master List of US Aggression
By William Blum
Instances of the United States overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. (* indicates successful ouster of a government)
China 1949 to early 1960s
Albania 1949-53
East Germany 1950s
Iran 1953 *
Guatemala 1954 *
Costa Rica mid-1950s
Syria 1956-7
Egypt 1957
Indonesia 1957-8
British Guiana 1953-64 *
Iraq 1963 *
North Vietnam 1945-73
Cambodia 1955-70 *
Laos 1958 *, 1959 *, 1960 *
Ecuador 1960-63 *
Congo 1960 *
France 1965
Brazil 1962-64 *
Dominican Republic 1963 *
Cuba 1959 to present
Bolivia 1964 *
Indonesia 1965 *
Ghana 1966 *
Chile 1964-73 *
Greece 1967 *
Costa Rica 1970-71
Bolivia 1971 *
Australia 1973-75 *
Angola 1975, 1980s
Zaire 1975
Portugal 1974-76 *
Jamaica 1976-80 *
Seychelles 1979-81
Chad 1981-82 *
Grenada 1983 *
South Yemen 1982-84
Suriname 1982-84
Fiji 1987 *
Libya 1980s
Nicaragua 1981-90 *
Panama 1989 *
Bulgaria 1990 *
Albania 1991 *
Iraq 1991
Afghanistan 1980s *
Somalia 1993
Yugoslavia 1999-2000 *
Ecuador 2000 *
Afghanistan 2001 *
Venezuela 2002 *
Iraq 2003 *
Haiti *2004
Somalia 2007 to present
Honduras 2009 *
Libya 2011 *
Syria 2012
Ukraine 2014 *
Headlines .... a description of the former defeated guy!
He learned it from Republicans
That’s the best explanation of Putin’s overall game plan, and the methodology he uses to achieve it I’ve ever heard. He knows how to identify, and exploit weaknesses.
I love my country immensely, but as an American this is especially concerning. Collectively, we have a virtual smorgasbord of characteristics a vindictive autocrat like Putin can use against us. We are a country with short attention spans, and an even shorter collective memory. We tend to be superficial, arrogant, and immature when facing domestic issues, and we lack empathy when confronted with the problems of others.
It’s a good thing we have a military that essentially cannot be matched, but if we ever lose that advantage, we’d better have a backup plan. Eventually, we’re gonna have to make an honest assessment of ourselves, and “grow up” so to speak.
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Not just Putin . The American far Right wants that as well.
Jan 6th, the Ottawa occupation, ... these are both from the same play book as Putin's.
Oligarchs enable him to use power.
Disrupted world echoed by Trump.
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Re: Headline, it's called anarchy.
No. We must meet Putin in Western Ukraine and give HIM the option to fight or not fight. it's the only way to stop him. We are giving him Ukraine and he will think he won. He has the munitions, he has the tanks, he has the men, he has the fuel, he has the rations....sanctions do not affect those. Only in facing NATO troops can he be convinced NATO is serious. Then we can start negotiating and maybe preserve part of Ukraine.
The 'Woman in the basket' is sowing tares amongst the 'wheat'
The Menashavic uprising started in 1990's so a Worse than this is expected in the Western Europe.
Allan.
China and the US are very intertwined economically. How does that change, if at all, with Russia interference?
I think China may voice their difference, but Will actually not clash with the U.S. he gains more economically from the U.S. then with Russia..
What about the influence of Africa over the next 10 - 30 years?
All the independent countries should truly hit harder ratPUTIN economy… Russia as a country has a very small GDP …
U.S. ranks as the world's largest economy with a GDP of $21 trillion….Russia's nominal GDP comes in at $1.48 trillion. 1 In terms of GDP, Russia trails much smaller countries, such as the United Kingdom, Italy, and France.
ratPUTIN brain 🧠 is gone!!! … it is time for a new leader in Russia
What is really funny of the whole scenario is Putin comming out from beyond two guards oppenning giant doors of this pandora box of evil.
Funny but nauseating
Brexit and Trump, Putins two greatest victories
The river splits east and west of Ukrain.that’s what Russia wants.
I don't know what to believe anymore. Just don't destroy the world!
Time "allows" the presence of fools....it even gives them room to breed😎
In exchabge TIME *ALSO* allows for LESSONS LEARNED❤
(FREEWILL can be as costly as FREEDOM itself...Be free by your strength as a PEOPLE or become RULED by the wealth of just a few families and their INFLUENCE)
Putins right arm/hand don't seem to be working right
Has he had a stroke?
Angela Stent is brilliant
I wonder what the European defense system mean? "defense against whom, and if the case is, that it is Russia, don't they expect a reciprocal reaction?
What is Putins 900.000 juggernaut army for? Who is Russia's enemy? Oh yes Putin's army exists to wages wars of aggression against his neighbors.
One word: IED. Send in drones that easily convert into IEDs in minutes complete with attached transmitter (flip/burner phone) ...
Would be nice if the "experts" would include a clear and concise talking point in their CFR approved conversations that there was in fact a winner in the cold war and there were consequences to loosing in that great struggle. NATO was enlarged because we won plain and simple.