This popped up in my RUclips suggestions and immediately clicked. I've watched it twice. How I wish Professor Cohen was still alive to see how correct he was. This video should be required viewing to every so called journalist covering the events in Ukraine right now.
I wonder if he really would have wanted to see it. The possible ramifications are simply too terrible to even contemplate. Being right about something so badly wrong must be a heavy burden.
USA is behind the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine going back to their interference in the government in Kiev in 2014 and Putin does not talk with Zelinsky. USA again created regime change with McCain and Newland in Kiev. USA is funding the Azov Battalions who are controlling Zelinsky. USA should mind its own business and stop messing with other countries and making more enemies.
Were Professor Cohen alive today, I'm sure he would absolutely scorch the mainstream media's throbbing bloodlust for war with calm and reasoned analysis. It would be a delight to witness. Props to Aaron for picking up that torch.
But would he be allowed to be heard and seen on any Western MSM either in the US or Europe? There are many sensible American political commentaters who thinks the same as Stephen Cohen but are muted except on some RUclips items but watched by no more than 100000 or less 🤔🤔🤔🏴
Prof Stephen Cohen would be almost invisible, were he alive today. Russophobia has reached insane levels. -- Russian sports-people must utter some anti-Russia sentiments to continue playing in “the West”. Even Russian cats are banned from Cat Shows. All this is the result of attempts to make Ukraine part of NATO.
One always wonders how people die when they are not carrying the mainstream media's given platform. Same way Fidel taken out with radioactive seasonings. Or ?
Cohen is hands-down the most sane, and informed voice on Russia and Ukraine. What a loss in 2020. So fortunate that we still have him in videos like these. Thank you Aaron.
this dude actually understands the cultural implications and not just a main stream narrative - Putin did the right thing by taking Crimea and everyone who lives there approves and understands why!
This man was such a great source on how the US manipulated Ukraine into the war we have today. I was sad to learn we lost this great man last year. At around 1:13, Mr. Cohen stated, "Obama was under enormous pressure to send military equipment to Ukraine, lead by people very close to him." Mr. Cohen never named any of these people. Victoria Nuland was Obama's Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs. Victoria Nuland is now Joe Biden's Under Secretary of Political Affairs. So, Nuland has been able to continue her "Well Known" efforts to manipulate Ukraine. Nuland's husband, Robert Kagan, served as deputy national security advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in the Biden administration since April 2021, and previously as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs in the Barack Obama administration. Nuland held the rank of Career Ambassador, the highest diplomatic rank in the United States Foreign Service. She is noted for her criticism of Russian policies. So we have a husband and wife team serving the Obama administration, and I'm sure both are still serving the Biden Administration, as we spiral into a war with Russia. n 1997, Kagan co-founded the now-defunct neoconservative think tank Project for the New American Century with William Kristol.[4][6][14] Through the work of the PNAC, from 1998, Kagan was an early and strong advocate of military action in Syria, Iran, Afghanistan as well as to "remove Mr. Hussein and his regime from power".[15][16] In January 2002, Kagan and Kristol falsely claimed in a Weekly Standard article that Saddam Hussein was supporting the "existence of a terrorist training camp in Iraq, complete with a Boeing 707 for practicing hijackings, and filled with non-Iraqi radical Muslims". Kagan and Kristol further alleged that the September 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta met with an Iraqi intelligence official several months before the attacks.[17] The allegations were later shown to be false.[18 (Wikipedia) These are "two of the non-elected officials" who are running our US foreign policy from the background. Small wonder why we find ourselves on the brink of WW3. Are these the type of people we want running our country? We as Americans must make it our priority to identify all such members of this "Deep State" and hold them accountable before they kill us all.
the USA did not manipulate the Ukraine into war. Ukraine was forced into war when Russia attacked Ukraine. and that was because its ally Belarussia was doing Russia's bidding by trying to push all those Refugees into Poland in order to stir up chaos through Poland and the rest of the EU. but that plan got thwarted when Poland refused to let those Refugees in and rightfully so too. so in retaliation for its failed attempt to create chaos throughout Europe, it decided to attack the Ukraine which wasn't even involved in the first place but, i guess Russia has to blame its nearest Neighbour whenever She suffers a Foreign Policy defeat.
@@jtcorran5758 - no. This is not correct. Putin would have instrumented his plan regardless to who was in office. This is the thing that people will not admit. You think Putin would have altered his plans just because President Trump told him to? When you were bullied as a kid did your school principal step in and try to stop the bully? Maybe. Did that deter the bully from coming after you anyway? Me thinks not. Lol
What a legend. Sad to see him go, and absolutely disgusting that useless tools like Max Boot called him a "Putin apologist" on CNN rather than debating him on the merits. Cohen wasn't afraid to step back and challenge our own Western perspectives and culture which we try to foist on others, and was knowledgeable enough to do so.
Stephen Cohen was a thoughtful, erudite and decent man but he was profoundly wrong about Putin. For the record, Max Boot is not a "useless tool," and I would be very surprised if the guys who say that could back up such assertions across a table. With what has been revealed in the last two months (and what should have been obvious for over a decade) Vladimir Putin is a psychopathic mass-murderer with Czarist delusions. None of the strategic mollifications Cohen suggested ever had a high probability of effecting change in Russia's behavior. Intelligence communities around the world knew this. It took a fool like Donald Trump to stand up in Helsinki and tell the world that he believed Putin and not evidence delivered to him by CIA. That made the accusation of Trump being "Putin's Puppet" pretty sticky.
@@joeyfotofr Trump is just an idiot who doesn't know how to do diplomacy. He can't walk that fine line on which a POTUS shows his constituents he's still "tough on [dictator]" while signaling to [dictator] that we are willing to pursue diplomacy and better relations. For Trump, this means saying stupid shit like "He said he didn't, so..." Regardless, the past couple months didn't prove Cohen wrong because none of this thinking was actually implemented. The analysis of people like Cohen is backed up by decades of historical record, even back to the '90s when ppl didn't know who Putin was yet. Putin's actions aren't justified by a long shot, but this idea that he's just crazy completely ignores the fact that these issues go back further than Putin and spread beyond his inner circle. As current CIA director Bill Burns said when he was the ambassador to Moscow in 2008: "Ukrainian entry into NATO is the brightest of all redlines for the Russian elite (not just Putin). In more than two and a half years of conversations with key Russian players, from knuckle-draggers in the dark recesses of the Kremlin to Putin's sharpest liberal critics, I have yet to find anyone who views Ukraine in NATO as anything other than a direct challenge to Russian interests." And both theories - that Trump is "Putin's Puppet" and that the attack on Ukraine is all about Putin and his alleged ambitions to rebuild the Soviet Union or some kind of greater Russia - when combined beg the question: "Why didn't Putin invade when Trump was in Office?" Putin allegedly had grand ambitions that involved invading Ukraine, and he had a puppet in the WH, and he just....passed on the opportunity???
Even earlier! Ukraine's Declaration of Sovereignty, adopted by parliament in 1990, declared it had the "intention of becoming a permanently neutral state that does not participate in military blocs and adheres to three nuclear free principles" (art. 9) Relations between Ukraine and NATO were formally established in 1992, when Ukraine joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council after regaining its independence, later renamed the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council.[26] On 22 and 23 February 1992, NATO Secretary-General Manfred Wörner paid an official visit to Kyiv, and on 8 July 1992, Kravchuk visited NATO Headquarters in Brussels. An important event in the development of relations between Ukraine and NATO was the opening in September 1992 of the Embassy of Ukraine in Brussels, which was a link in contacts between Ukraine and NATO.[citation needed] A few years later, in February 1994, Ukraine was the first post-Soviet country to conclude a framework agreement with NATO in the framework of the Partnership for Peace initiative, supporting the initiative of Central and Eastern European countries to join NATO.
I just spent several empty hours listening to the impeachment inquiry hearings-Wed. 11/13, and then I turn this on. What a breath of air. A miracle of thoughtful reason! Maté and Cohen make a great team. Both calm, and serious and sensible. I have Cohen's book, and highly recommend.
Alberton Pinkerton Did it help you to see that the Impeachment hearings are the same old political theatre, drumming the same old NEO- liberal war drums?
Very impressive! The commonsense, the clarity, the sincerity and the wisdom of Prof. Stephen Cohen is of the highest level. I am a Dutchman of 72 living in Europe and I ask myself very often: Why are there so few political leaders, who have the qualities, even one, this professor has?
The current crop of political leaders sponsored or went to the WEF Davos School for Young Leaders. There they learnt how to be systems managers. How to manage the systems of the Corporate State. WEF Klaus Schwab; “governments are no longer the dominate actors on the world stage & the time has come for a new stakeholder paradigm of international governance" The Corporate State. In these troubled times just remember... “Government is the Entertainment Division of the military-industrial complex.” ~ Frank Zappa
Professor Cohen has forgotten or ignored the fact that Sevestopol in the ONLY ice free shipping port AND only ice free naval port that Russia has. Why on earth would it ever relinquish it to the Ukraine. Crimea, which is populated mostly by Russians and has been so for over 250 years, after 1952 was a thorn in the side of Kyiv as it voted many times to not be a part of Ukraine and to go back to being a part of Russia. The US has has forgotten, or the US really has conveniently forgotten unless it is advantages to the US, that the UN has a clause in its charter supporting the right of the majority of citizens of an area to become independent. Yugoslavia was illegally bombed in order for NATO aka the US to detach Kosovo from Yugoslavia and yet refuses to recognize the same rights for the peoples of the Donbass regions of Donetsk and Luhansk AND Crimea. I think that the Maidan putsch was a deliberate calculation of the US in order to take Sevastopol away from Russia when it's lease was up in 2042 or even sooner if the US could somehow make it happen. A war between Ukraine and Russia might be the solution which is why the CIA and NATO were busily training Ukraine troops post Maidan putsch including the Azov Battalion.
Russia also has a port in Novorossiysk, not sure why they would not be able to build it up into whatever port they need if they wanted to. ... for all the bad rap that US gets, Imperial Russia is worse. I said "Imperial", because that is the actual ambition and ideology of the Russian government. Russia can give many different reasons for invading Ukraine, but the truth is that Russia and many of its people never recognized Ukraine's independence, but believe it is Russia's property. Listen to Putin again when he talks about Ukraine and how it is the same people with Russia, from this imperial perspective and it will make sense. I said "worse", do I really need to explain it? Would the world be a better place without today's Russia?
@@justfreedude I see you have difficulty with reading comprehension. Crimea was NOT invaded. The Donbas independent republics were recognized as such not in 2014/15, not during the siege/shelling by the Ukraine state against which went on for 8 years and killed about 14000 people, not during the 8 years that Ukraine became a defacto NATO state in all but name.When the Donbas republics again request help from Russia it reccognized their independence and answered the call for help as International law allows. The US on the other hand ignores International Law and since 1990 has conducted many illegal wars: Iraq, Somolia, Afghansitan, Yemen, Syria, Libya to name a few. It also overthrows many governments to install governments which would be compliant to the edicts of the US, the Maidan regime change in 2014 being a case in point.
@@vivienmartin9661 LOL, why so serious? did you even read what I wrote? Did you look at the map? Did you do any research? Or when in doubt, you just default to repeating the lines fed to you by whatever anti-US outlet you listen to?
This is from 2019. But it gives much relevant context to what is happening now. Professor Cohen is (was) an expert on Russia and political affairs related to it. An incredibly revealing interview. Personal Disclaimer: This video shared as food for thought. Only you should be the judge of its merit, truth in reporting, and it’s value to you.
Professor Cohen neatly cuts through meaningless clutter surrounding Ukraine issues and directs attention to important questions that need to be addressed. You are sorely missed sir!
As they are and as we shall find out the HUGE profit the criminals in the Deep State Biden Clintons Obama Bush Pelosi etc...kickbacks from sales of our military hardware Total Treason by this govt THEY NEED TO ARREST ANYONE IN US GOVT MAKING MONEY ON OUR TAXDOLLARS
It is the truth of the real cause .of why Russia wages war in Ukraine. We cannot get it in the media (Western TVs never get information from all angles). I watched it before and watch again. Really reflect the reality. Admire his analysis and knowledge. Great scholar of all time. May his seoul RIP.
You are correct. The Western media have almost completely ignored the human rights abuses and persecution of opposition by the DPR/LPR. They've been very lax in reporting on the Russian heavy weapons and shelling of Ukrainians from civilian locations. You certainly won't get the truth from the liars who live in the region (illegally in many cases) and pretend to be independent journalists.
it seems western glib idiots in the "free world" , seem to think that Russians are bad people who are out to get them. They don't realize that NATO is actually the bad people who are out to get Russians ! Anyone who forgets their "programming" , and studies HISTORY and FACTUAL events , will very QUICKLY realize that NATO is very very BAD and is not the defender of western society, but the aggressor against all non-western ideology people.
The Grayzone will be an amazing historical archive for those wanting to gain a deeper understanding of what's really happening. They would be rated as more reliable than any mainstream media.
I saw him debate some neocons and neolibs on Fox News and I believe CNN. He tore them up. Just amazingly sober and cogent thinker. He was on CNN one time and Max Boot called him a Russian apologist or something and man he tore into neocon Boot about his years of experience and how he would not sit there and do defamation of people: ruclips.net/video/owbMRxC382A/видео.html
I would also recommend watching The Duran. I think they are probably more conservative leaning than myself, but Alexander MerCouris does some fantastic foreign policy analysis.
What an insightful man. He always provided comprehensive and accurate assessment of anything to do with Russia and the West. What a national treasure. What a loss! Steven deserves to be recognized posthumously as an icon in American history. He loved his country and wanted it to be wise and peaceful. Wish he were president today.
Thank you for this wonderful explanation of the situation regarding Ukraine. Dr. Cohen is brilliant. So clear, so simple with a wealth of knowledge and understanding!
"My anxiety is about a Cuban Missile Crisis-like situation between the US and Russia. Not in Cuba, but it could be in Syria or Ukraine, where we're eyeball to eyeball militarily."
I sincerely enjoyed learning more about the issue with professor Cohen. A great mind. How I wish he was alive to talk about the current situation, to instil some sense in politicians today. Rest in peace.
Keeping the masses poor through military spending, and focused on an external bogeyman is just a strategy the morbidly rich employ to prevent a more equitable and rational distribution of wealth at home
Aaaaaaand silly twits vote for this nonsense, window lickers who look up to the corrupt filthy rich, while getting laughed at by said corrupt filthy rich
@@Lee_303 What other option is there? Trump ran against "the deep state" and made allusions to being less Hawkish. But he essentially continues the foreign policy we've had for 20 years. Imo only Bernie and Tulsi want to change things, but look how badly they get smeared.
Yes when are Americans and us British going to wake up to the elite who are raping us all , taxing us to death , destroying everything for their own greed , show me any examples by western leaders of real progress to improve peace , reduce poverty , increase quality of life for their citizens - there are none - only cleverly state controlled media to create an impression all is good , crime rising , debt rising , poverty rising , ghettos rising , education standards and health falling and all the time the rich get richer - we are being deceived and cheated big time - they are absolute criminals who tell one things and do very differently , same bullshit every election , every week - they are responsible for destroying society’s , cultures and even whole countries - wake up and round these bastards up , its time for a new system
This morning I listened to senator Lindsey Graham on Ukraine war. Now I'm listening (again) to Prof. Cohen. Wise academics write books while we elect idiots to govern us. Not only in the USA. "Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world".
This is the best I heard so far about Ukraine politics, history, Russo-American relations. What a pity Stephen Cohen is no longer with us. What a great thinker. I would have liked to know what he meant by “ Putin wants to modernize Russia”.
I obviously can't speak for Stephen Cohen, but Russian society generally views the 1990s as a catastrophe. Do not hesitate, there were people who received wealth and power at the same time (for example, Putin himself) but for the nation, the country and the government, it was just a catastrophe. Putin came, among other things, as a reformer in end of 1990s. To restore Russia from a catastrophic to a prosperity and safety.
He wanted Russia to be accepted into and by the European Union. And to become a member. And to strengthen Financial and trade ties with Europe and the West. He has been unable to achieve this.
How by taking 200? Billion dollars from his serfs. Yeah, he surely has the interest of his people at heart. Not buying what your selling. Vlads only concern is Vlad.
I didn't know till now that the EU agreement in 2014 tied into NATO . How could such an agreement be made? Was any other applicant country required to sign a clause like that? ?? It seems outrageous. NATO membership is not a requirement of EU membership generally.
Officially, you don't have to be NATO member to join EU. Unofficially you must be, one way or another. All the members of EU last 20-30 years(since '90s) became NATO members first, and then became EU members, almost like it was condition to join the EU (which actually is; you can see that some of newest EU members are far from reaching requirements of EU standards in economics, law, human rights, corruption etc, but they still joined EU as NATO members). You can not find new EU member since that period who isn't in NATO. Check this, you will see yourself. In some sensitive cases (like Ukraine), where doing this way could be too open provocation and too dangerous, this goes "through back doors" (the country is officially neutral, but sign different agreements with NATO about cooperation (under excuse of "keeping peace and security all over the world", or cooperation in cases of natural disasters, or something similar), then NATO (Pentagon) open those biolabs for example, etc, etc. You have one story officially, but reality is something else. Unfortunatelly Europe is not her own master, Europe is USA servant, and USA from safe distance doesn't take care of European interests always. One moment France and Germany saw an opportunity to take leading position in EU (they are in some kind of "soft war" regarding this), and since then EU didn't accept any new member. I have nothing against cooperation among countries, I'm completely for it, in fact I would try to include as much as possible countries around the world, because that's the way to keep peace. But this with USA leadership is very, very bad thing. USA has too little to lose to be "good master", if you understand what I want to say. With that position, with that pedigree and with that power it's not hard to become selfish, arrogant and scrupuless. But suffer and pain are always somewhere far from USA.
And one more thing: to became EU member you have to go through very long process. There are so many "chapters" which candidate has to "close", but it goes peace by peace. First you have to "open the chapter" which is succes for itself. Then you work on it for years, and when you satisfy requirements (if you "behave") you get new portion of chapters. During this long process you have to accept many things which has nothing with original EU requirements, but if you want to go forward in the process, you have to accept it. Those are things which are never spoken loudly at the press conferences, but these "small blackmails" are happening behind the doors. Meanwhile you already got some investments from EU as candidate, got some loans etc, so you are already "in the game" and it's expensive to step out. So you almost have no choice then to comply. And you can say "nobody force you to join EU, you asked that", but the truth is that one country agree to accept EU values, not the things which wasn't subject from the beginning (you can compare this with situation when you sign an agreement in bank, and you know those "small letters fusnotes" in the footer? Well, this is little bit worse, because on the start you get assurances that something "won't be a problem"). And this can be dangerous for some country in delicate position (like Ukraine). If EU (and its real master USA) don't have good sense for such delicate situation (in this case they acted more like elephant in a glass shop, than delicate and gentle) then you get war in Europe, with possibility to escalate in total war. And again, USA is far away and has much better chances to suffer less then others, but Europe has no chance to avoid destruction in case of ww3. Europe is already punished economically because sanctions against Russia, but it's nothing compared with potential global war on European soil. We already have that, twice, what is enough - is enough. That's why I always say that I don't understand Europeans. How is possible that Europeans are taking so little care about their own destiny. And I'm not talking about governments, they are "sold", but about people
@@jasnazivkovic969 Yet France clearly feels free to leave NATO and only 20 out of 26 EU States are members of NATO. It was the UK who pushed at the time of Lisbon Treaty to steer the EU towards NATO and away from independent foreign policy. The U.K. is now out of the EU. The precise reason why new Member States have joined NATO before joining the EU is not clear to me but they are two different bodies of very different character.
@@andrejsgrazuls8513 read 2nd time and don’t literally search for NATO in that , lawyers language used is quite different than normal . Very vague/rough text “They may add a line like to join EU various terms should be met that includes to be member of group/org that protects the Majority of EU members or be a member not only economic organisations(EU) but also be member of organisation responsible for peace in EU(ie nato) etc and So on , send me the link i will help you find it ?
Well, there just should be more people like Professor Cohen at the forefront of international issues. What a gem & sadly departed. Love from a Scotsman. 🙏🏻💙🏴🇺🇸
Aaron I just watched this two years late. Professor Cohen is so informative. However, it was your ability as the interviewer to ask the thought provoking questions to access Cohen’s brilliance that made this presentation so powerful. Two pros doing their job.
Terrific piece. The quality of Grayzone's reporting and the context provided by guests such as Stephen Cohen is immensely helpful to people like me when we try to get friends and family to think beyond the demonization of Russia and the glorification of anyone who appears to be opposed to Trump. All the mainstream media here in New Zealand follows the CNN, MSNBC, BBC line, even outlets such as our equivalent of PBS which has deservedly built up a good reputation for fairly wide-ranging exploration of contentious domestic politics. Thanks!
CNN, MSNBC, FOX are propagandist channel. PBS is decent, but still doesn't give the kind of insight this interview does. I think DemocracyNow by Amy Goodman gives far more insight into the military industrial adventures than any other channel in US that I know of. Many folks ignore this channel saying it is the channel of leftists and socialists in US. Give a try for a few days.
Thats one of the best half explanations on the Russia-Ukraine crisis and now war that I have heard. Thank you Professor Stephen F. Cohen (R.I.P) great guest interview by Aaron Mate on Grayzone.
Outstanding! I've seen the excellent interviews with Mearsheimer, Macgregor, Celente. This adds additional great info and insight. Also the foresight here is the best I've seen
My, my, what a prescient interview with Prof. Cohen, RIP. It has given me a completely different perspective on the current conflict in Ukraine and to the backstory behind Yanukovych's ouster in 2014. The USA and NATO will reap the whirlwind for their machinations in Russia's near abroad, Ukraine.
@@drmodestoesq Putin never annexed anything. Research things parrot. You can start with the US involvement during Euro Maidan. Also look into Crimea's bids to leave Ukraine.
There were three or four years where i would hear prof cohen on the john bachelor show late tuesday night from faraway stations. Great interviews. Then i realized he hadnt been on lately and of course came the sad news he had passed.
Outstanding analysis of why we are in the current mess. Washington's attitude towards helping ensure peace in the area, notably at that time, Crimea: "What's bad for Russia is good for us" (20'20") Thanks for this great programme. Prof. Cohen's book "War with Russia?" is extremely illuminating, to say the least.
@@joeb578 US "What's good for the US is good for our allies in Europe!" EU "It might not be a good idea for us if the US blatantly carries out regime change on our doorstep, however deeply the US desire it..." Victoria Nuland "Fuck the EU!" Time for the EU to respond in kind. I see that France and Italy may be starting to come to their senses with regard to the ludicrous narrative of the US government being forcefed to the rest of the world.
💯 The American empire PROVOKED this war with Russia-sadly using Ukraine as a proxy! We COULD HAVE prevented this invasion but we love war! Hence as we are at active war with Russia, invaded Somalia & now provoking China!
Oh, how I miss the late Mr Stephen F. Cohen; what a scholar, what an intellectual, what a MAN! A true professor and gentleman of old! EDIT: You know when people say something along lines of “world be a worse place without him”, well here that is not only terrible truth, that is an understatement! How we miss people like him, and we are having less and less of this kind of people each day, today - true and through intelligentsia of old disappearing before our own eyes...
United States call it "Liberation" instead of "Invasion". That was what US call it in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and the list goes on... Why the double standard? Confused... Please enlighten. Genuine question... Instances of the United States "liberated" or 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 * Pakistan 2022 *
This popped up in my RUclips suggestions and immediately clicked. I've watched it twice. How I wish Professor Cohen was still alive to see how correct he was. This video should be required viewing to every so called journalist covering the events in Ukraine right now.
Totally agree
This video is so timely
I wonder if he really would have wanted to see it. The possible ramifications are simply too terrible to even contemplate. Being right about something so badly wrong must be a heavy burden.
I was just thinking what a wonderfully insightful man this is and then I saw your post 🥲
USA is behind the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine going back to their interference in the government in Kiev in 2014 and Putin does not talk with Zelinsky. USA again created regime change with McCain and Newland in Kiev. USA is funding the Azov Battalions who are controlling Zelinsky. USA should mind its own business and stop messing with other countries and making more enemies.
Sad Prof. Cohen died a few months after this interview. He shows no sign of slowing down in this video. A great mind who is sorely missed.
It is always a lost to the World when an academician or an impartial geopolitical analyst like Prof Cohen passed away.
Rest in Peace Prof. Cohen
RIP Prof Cohen.
@mrdefence speedjammer yes it makes you wonder. CIA heart attack gun?
@@katemary2331 You mean a sound cannon type thing?
Were Professor Cohen alive today, I'm sure he would absolutely scorch the mainstream media's throbbing bloodlust for war with calm and reasoned analysis. It would be a delight to witness. Props to Aaron for picking up that torch.
But would he be allowed to be heard and seen on any Western MSM either in the US or Europe? There are many sensible American political commentaters who thinks the same as Stephen Cohen but are muted except on some RUclips items but watched by no more than 100000 or less 🤔🤔🤔🏴
Prof Stephen Cohen would be almost invisible, were he alive today. Russophobia has reached insane levels. -- Russian sports-people must utter some anti-Russia sentiments to continue playing in “the West”. Even Russian cats are banned from Cat Shows. All this is the result of attempts to make Ukraine part of NATO.
One always wonders how people die when they are not carrying the mainstream media's given platform. Same way Fidel taken out with radioactive seasonings. Or ?
We need to push this to everyone & every where. Sanity needs to the "trend"
@@barrieroberts75 Agree, he would not be heard in the media today.
Thanks for your wisdom while you were with us, Professor Cohen, and thanks for broadcasting it then and now, Grayzone.
Thanks!
Cohen is hands-down the most sane, and informed voice on Russia and Ukraine. What a loss in 2020. So fortunate that we still have him in videos like these. Thank you Aaron.
together with John Mearsheimer
very prophetic
It is a great pity that he passed away in September 2020.
well, there's professor Mearsheimer out there, today saying the same, watch him.
Thank you Aaron.
A tremendous loss in Professor Cohen. A huge loss to our world. I will miss his balanced views and great writings. A truly tremendous human being.
Totally agree
@@tangbesitangbesi7009 I only just discovered him. What a sad loss. Hugely informed and intelligent. And a beautiful voice.
this dude actually understands the cultural implications and not just a main stream narrative - Putin did the right thing by taking Crimea and everyone who lives there approves and understands why!
Yes.
I believe crimeans voted at 97% to rejoin russia
2 yrs later and I totally agree. The MSM is not telling the truth though
Now. Ain't that 🤔.Something he just 💪muscled 👉 right on inthere. After there was no intense means to Negotiations!
@@bobbyhuston2479 amazing to watch these videos years later isn't it.👍 I think these interviews are more relevant now than ever.
This man was such a great source on how the US manipulated Ukraine into the war we have today. I was sad to learn we lost this great man last year.
At around 1:13, Mr. Cohen stated, "Obama was under enormous pressure to send military equipment to Ukraine, lead by people very close to him." Mr. Cohen never named any of these people. Victoria Nuland was Obama's Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs. Victoria Nuland is now Joe Biden's Under Secretary of Political Affairs. So, Nuland has been able to continue her "Well Known" efforts to manipulate Ukraine. Nuland's husband, Robert Kagan, served as deputy national security advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in the Biden administration since April 2021, and previously as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs in the Barack Obama administration. Nuland held the rank of Career Ambassador, the highest diplomatic rank in the United States Foreign Service. She is noted for her criticism of Russian policies.
So we have a husband and wife team serving the Obama administration, and I'm sure both are still serving the Biden Administration, as we spiral into a war with Russia.
n 1997, Kagan co-founded the now-defunct neoconservative think tank Project for the New American Century with William Kristol.[4][6][14] Through the work of the PNAC, from 1998, Kagan was an early and strong advocate of military action in Syria, Iran, Afghanistan as well as to "remove Mr. Hussein and his regime from power".[15][16] In January 2002, Kagan and Kristol falsely claimed in a Weekly Standard article that Saddam Hussein was supporting the "existence of a terrorist training camp in Iraq, complete with a Boeing 707 for practicing hijackings, and filled with non-Iraqi radical Muslims". Kagan and Kristol further alleged that the September 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta met with an Iraqi intelligence official several months before the attacks.[17] The allegations were later shown to be false.[18 (Wikipedia)
These are "two of the non-elected officials" who are running our US foreign policy from the background. Small wonder why we find ourselves on the brink of WW3. Are these the type of people we want running our country? We as Americans must make it our priority to identify all such members of this "Deep State" and hold them accountable before they kill us all.
Thanks for the facts. The neocons need to be driven from power at the least.
At least Trump questioned things. Had he been serving a 2nd term we would not be seeing in Ukraine what we are seeing now.
Thank you, I like the truth. To USA become as a burden on the world
the USA did not manipulate the Ukraine into war. Ukraine was forced into war when Russia attacked Ukraine. and that was because its ally Belarussia was doing Russia's bidding by trying to push all those Refugees into Poland in order to stir up chaos through Poland and the rest of the EU. but that plan got thwarted when Poland refused to let those Refugees in and rightfully so too. so in retaliation for its failed attempt to create chaos throughout Europe, it decided to attack the Ukraine which wasn't even involved in the first place but, i guess Russia has to blame its nearest Neighbour whenever She suffers a Foreign Policy defeat.
@@jtcorran5758 - no. This is not correct. Putin would have instrumented his plan regardless to who was in office. This is the thing that people will not admit. You think Putin would have altered his plans just because President Trump told him to?
When you were bullied as a kid did your school principal step in and try to stop the bully? Maybe. Did that deter the bully from coming after you anyway? Me thinks not. Lol
What a legend. Sad to see him go, and absolutely disgusting that useless tools like Max Boot called him a "Putin apologist" on CNN rather than debating him on the merits. Cohen wasn't afraid to step back and challenge our own Western perspectives and culture which we try to foist on others, and was knowledgeable enough to do so.
I love how Tucker roasted Max Boot in an interview.
he was very prophetic, now more important to spread his word around than ever
Stephen Cohen was a thoughtful, erudite and decent man but he was profoundly wrong about Putin. For the record, Max Boot is not a "useless tool," and I would be very surprised if the guys who say that could back up such assertions across a table. With what has been revealed in the last two months (and what should have been obvious for over a decade) Vladimir Putin is a psychopathic mass-murderer with Czarist delusions. None of the strategic mollifications Cohen suggested ever had a high probability of effecting change in Russia's behavior. Intelligence communities around the world knew this. It took a fool like Donald Trump to stand up in Helsinki and tell the world that he believed Putin and not evidence delivered to him by CIA. That made the accusation of Trump being "Putin's Puppet" pretty sticky.
@@joeyfotofr Trump is just an idiot who doesn't know how to do diplomacy. He can't walk that fine line on which a POTUS shows his constituents he's still "tough on [dictator]" while signaling to [dictator] that we are willing to pursue diplomacy and better relations. For Trump, this means saying stupid shit like "He said he didn't, so..."
Regardless, the past couple months didn't prove Cohen wrong because none of this thinking was actually implemented. The analysis of people like Cohen is backed up by decades of historical record, even back to the '90s when ppl didn't know who Putin was yet. Putin's actions aren't justified by a long shot, but this idea that he's just crazy completely ignores the fact that these issues go back further than Putin and spread beyond his inner circle.
As current CIA director Bill Burns said when he was the ambassador to Moscow in 2008: "Ukrainian entry into NATO is the brightest of all redlines for the Russian elite (not just Putin). In more than two and a half years of conversations with key Russian players, from knuckle-draggers in the dark recesses of the Kremlin to Putin's sharpest liberal critics, I have yet to find anyone who views Ukraine in NATO as anything other than a direct challenge to Russian interests."
And both theories - that Trump is "Putin's Puppet" and that the attack on Ukraine is all about Putin and his alleged ambitions to rebuild the Soviet Union or some kind of greater Russia - when combined beg the question: "Why didn't Putin invade when Trump was in Office?" Putin allegedly had grand ambitions that involved invading Ukraine, and he had a puppet in the WH, and he just....passed on the opportunity???
You my friend are highly🤔🕵🌌 and very Observent👏👋.
Two years later, and Prof Cohen's insight and brilliance are even more astounding than they were before. What a terrible loss!
The problem with the US saying "we've got your back" is that it is always a hollow promise and never fulfilled.
To be an enemy of the US can be dangerous. To be a friend can be deadly. Humorist and folkorist Henry Kissenger.
our politicians are shit stirrers they get these BS wars started and they make money while people die.
The US stands behind you with a gun pointed to the back of your head.
Ask Saddam
Too bad zelensky is a comedian not a politician, let alone, a smart one to understand it
Cohen is prophetic, through clear analysis and insight.
This interview needs millions of views.
I'm in awe of how reckless and cynical Washington has been in the whole Ukraine saga, from the 2008 NATO summit onward.
never underestimate the stupidity and immorality of Congress.
@Black Jock
Imperialism.
I now realize how some people in Congress and Biden Administration are evil to push this war .on Ukrainians with so many lives lost disrupted.
@@fightback397 Imperialism the highest form of capitalism.
Even earlier! Ukraine's Declaration of Sovereignty, adopted by parliament in 1990, declared it had the "intention of becoming a permanently neutral state that does not participate in military blocs and adheres to three nuclear free principles" (art. 9)
Relations between Ukraine and NATO were formally established in 1992, when Ukraine joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council after regaining its independence, later renamed the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council.[26] On 22 and 23 February 1992, NATO Secretary-General Manfred Wörner paid an official visit to Kyiv, and on 8 July 1992, Kravchuk visited NATO Headquarters in Brussels. An important event in the development of relations between Ukraine and NATO was the opening in September 1992 of the Embassy of Ukraine in Brussels, which was a link in contacts between Ukraine and NATO.[citation needed]
A few years later, in February 1994, Ukraine was the first post-Soviet country to conclude a framework agreement with NATO in the framework of the Partnership for Peace initiative, supporting the initiative of Central and Eastern European countries to join NATO.
I just spent several empty hours listening to the impeachment inquiry hearings-Wed. 11/13, and then I turn this on. What a breath of air. A miracle of thoughtful reason! Maté and Cohen make a great team. Both calm, and serious and sensible. I have Cohen's book, and highly recommend.
Alberton Pinkerton Did it help you to see that the Impeachment hearings are the same old political theatre, drumming the same old NEO- liberal war drums?
Yes..a panel of war hawks wanting to impeach Trump over a phone call with Zelinsky…now we see what their goal was…the blood is on their hands
Very impressive! The commonsense, the clarity, the sincerity and the wisdom of Prof. Stephen Cohen is of the highest level. I am a Dutchman of 72 living in Europe and I ask myself very often: Why are there so few political leaders, who have the qualities, even one, this professor has?
Paul van Dijck That’s a good question. The answers are quite disturbing.
The current crop of political leaders sponsored or went to the WEF Davos School for Young Leaders. There they learnt how to be systems managers. How to manage the systems of the Corporate State.
WEF Klaus Schwab; “governments are no longer the dominate actors on the world stage & the time has come for a new stakeholder paradigm of international governance" The Corporate State.
In these troubled times just remember...
“Government is the Entertainment Division of the military-industrial complex.” ~ Frank Zappa
@@Jay...777 - Interesting! Thank you!
@@paulvandijck6476 We can remember Zappa from our younger years. Tell your kids to avoid all this digital id and cash if they value their freedom.
@@Jay...777- I do not think they will do that. Zappa was very intelligent! Best wishes!
Professor Cohen has forgotten or ignored the fact that Sevestopol in the ONLY ice free shipping port AND only ice free naval port that Russia has. Why on earth would it ever relinquish it to the Ukraine. Crimea, which is populated mostly by Russians and has been so for over 250 years, after 1952 was a thorn in the side of Kyiv as it voted many times to not be a part of Ukraine and to go back to being a part of Russia. The US has has forgotten, or the US really has conveniently forgotten unless it is advantages to the US, that the UN has a clause in its charter supporting the right of the majority of citizens of an area to become independent. Yugoslavia was illegally bombed in order for NATO aka the US to detach Kosovo from Yugoslavia and yet refuses to recognize the same rights for the peoples of the Donbass regions of Donetsk and Luhansk AND Crimea. I think that the Maidan putsch was a deliberate calculation of the US in order to take Sevastopol away from Russia when it's lease was up in 2042 or even sooner if the US could somehow make it happen. A war between Ukraine and Russia might be the solution which is why the CIA and NATO were busily training Ukraine troops post Maidan putsch including the Azov Battalion.
I agree,Unfortunately,most people in the West are so gullible,they only believe what the mainstream media tells them.
@@Uss997 yes but its hard to shrink or reduce the military industrial complex.
Russia also has a port in Novorossiysk, not sure why they would not be able to build it up into whatever port they need if they wanted to. ... for all the bad rap that US gets, Imperial Russia is worse.
I said "Imperial", because that is the actual ambition and ideology of the Russian government. Russia can give many different reasons for invading Ukraine, but the truth is that Russia and many of its people never recognized Ukraine's independence, but believe it is Russia's property. Listen to Putin again when he talks about Ukraine and how it is the same people with Russia, from this imperial perspective and it will make sense.
I said "worse", do I really need to explain it? Would the world be a better place without today's Russia?
@@justfreedude I see you have difficulty with reading comprehension. Crimea was NOT invaded. The Donbas independent republics were recognized as such not in 2014/15, not during the siege/shelling by the Ukraine state against which went on for 8 years and killed about 14000 people, not during the 8 years that Ukraine became a defacto NATO state in all but name.When the Donbas republics again request help from Russia it reccognized their independence and answered the call for help as International law allows. The US on the other hand ignores International Law and since 1990 has conducted many illegal wars: Iraq, Somolia, Afghansitan, Yemen, Syria, Libya to name a few. It also overthrows many governments to install governments which would be compliant to the edicts of the US, the Maidan regime change in 2014 being a case in point.
@@vivienmartin9661 LOL, why so serious? did you even read what I wrote? Did you look at the map? Did you do any research? Or when in doubt, you just default to repeating the lines fed to you by whatever anti-US outlet you listen to?
This is from 2019. But it gives much relevant context to what is happening now. Professor Cohen is (was) an expert on Russia and political affairs related to it. An incredibly revealing interview. Personal Disclaimer: This video shared as food for thought. Only you should be the judge of its merit, truth in reporting, and it’s value to you.
Read the comments within this thread. Many eye opening comments to take into consideration.
No, it's from 2020.
@@carldrogo9492 It is from November 13th 2019
Anyone rewatching all this stuff today after the war started?
Yes
Professor Cohen neatly cuts through meaningless clutter surrounding Ukraine issues and directs attention to important questions that need to be addressed. You are sorely missed sir!
INTERESTING THAT HE SAYS THE WEAPONS THE WEST IS GIVING UKRAINE RISK COMING OUT ON THE BLACK MARKET.
They are and the criminal faction are using these weapons on the civilians to rob them.
As they are and as we shall find out the HUGE profit the criminals in the Deep State Biden Clintons Obama Bush Pelosi etc...kickbacks from sales of our military hardware Total Treason by this govt THEY NEED TO ARREST ANYONE IN US GOVT MAKING MONEY ON OUR TAXDOLLARS
Zelensky betrayed his people...plain and simple!
It is the truth of the real cause .of why Russia wages war in Ukraine. We cannot get it in the media (Western TVs never get information from all angles). I watched it before and watch again. Really reflect the reality. Admire his analysis and knowledge. Great scholar of all time. May his seoul RIP.
You are correct. The Western media have almost completely ignored the human rights abuses and persecution of opposition by the DPR/LPR. They've been very lax in reporting on the Russian heavy weapons and shelling of Ukrainians from civilian locations. You certainly won't get the truth from the liars who live in the region (illegally in many cases) and pretend to be independent journalists.
it seems western glib idiots in the "free world" , seem to think that Russians are bad people who are out to get them.
They don't realize that NATO is actually the bad people who are out to get Russians !
Anyone who forgets their "programming" , and studies HISTORY and FACTUAL events , will very QUICKLY realize that NATO is very very BAD and is not the defender of western society, but the aggressor against all non-western ideology people.
Check out John Mearsheimer San if you haven't found him already.
Watching CNN and the other American Networks NEVER have any angle except the American Line of Fake News we get Every single day !
@@jtcorran5758 Mearshimer was Cohen's friend. 👍
If humanity survives this moment, this interview will be referenced in history books and classes someday. It's that good.
The Grayzone will be an amazing historical archive for those wanting to gain a deeper understanding of what's really happening. They would be rated as more reliable than any mainstream media.
a chilling insight to learn now, how each pieces had fallen perfectly into where the real warlords had want them to
Please have him on more. He is one of the rare voices of sanity. Have him on weekly!!
Absolutely. I get smarter by 20 iq points just listening to him. Lol
He did a whole series on Russia on The Real News Network. Very worthwhile watch!
I saw him debate some neocons and neolibs on Fox News and I believe CNN. He tore them up. Just amazingly sober and cogent thinker. He was on CNN one time and Max Boot called him a Russian apologist or something and man he tore into neocon Boot about his years of experience and how he would not sit there and do defamation of people: ruclips.net/video/owbMRxC382A/видео.html
yeah, he provides some contrast, which within the current media climat, is missing.
I would also recommend watching The Duran. I think they are probably more conservative leaning than myself, but Alexander MerCouris does some fantastic foreign policy analysis.
Thank you Aaron!
One of those timeless Push Back interviews with the the late Stephen F Cohen. He will be missed.
He's already missed for his truthful voice and comments.
@@abrahamnyei5633 Absolutely!
What an insightful man. He always provided comprehensive and accurate assessment of anything to do with Russia and the West. What a national treasure. What a loss! Steven deserves to be recognized posthumously as an icon in American history. He loved his country and wanted it to be wise and peaceful. Wish he were president today.
Thank you for this wonderful explanation of the situation regarding Ukraine. Dr. Cohen is brilliant. So clear, so simple with a wealth of knowledge and understanding!
"My anxiety is about a Cuban Missile Crisis-like situation between the US and Russia. Not in Cuba, but it could be in Syria or Ukraine, where we're eyeball to eyeball militarily."
And here we are
In the Cuban crisis ..USA started it by first outing missiles in Turkey aimed at Russia
@@peterbartolomeo9574 LITTLE KNOWN FACT - double standard!
This is one of the Americans we Africans wanted or need to listen to for solutions for peace and justice for all
Unfortunately that opportunity was highjacked by the military industrial complex
Fast forward to today
Man of vision
Pushback and Aaron Mate are the new gold standard for American journalism.
he's great. no doubt. you should look up Empire Files. Abby Martin does exceptional investigative journalism as well as being beautiful.
Ryan Dawson
I sincerely enjoyed learning more about the issue with professor Cohen. A great mind. How I wish he was alive to talk about the current situation, to instil some sense in politicians today. Rest in peace.
Keeping the masses poor through military spending, and focused on an external bogeyman is just a strategy the morbidly rich employ to prevent a more equitable and rational distribution of wealth at home
Aaaaaaand silly twits vote for this nonsense, window lickers who look up to the corrupt filthy rich, while getting laughed at by said corrupt filthy rich
Yep
@@Lee_303 What other option is there? Trump ran against "the deep state" and made allusions to being less Hawkish. But he essentially continues the foreign policy we've had for 20 years. Imo only Bernie and Tulsi want to change things, but look how badly they get smeared.
Yes when are Americans and us British going to wake up to the elite who are raping us all , taxing us to death , destroying everything for their own greed , show me any examples by western leaders of real progress to improve peace , reduce poverty , increase quality of life for their citizens - there are none - only cleverly state controlled media to create an impression all is good , crime rising , debt rising , poverty rising , ghettos rising , education standards and health falling and all the time the rich get richer - we are being deceived and cheated big time - they are absolute criminals who tell one things and do very differently , same bullshit every election , every week - they are responsible for destroying society’s , cultures and even whole countries - wake up and round these bastards up , its time for a new system
@@jimmyjames3466 Bernie "bend the knee" Sanders and Tulsi "council on foreign relations" Gabbard? The deep state stir fry there...
Amazing seeing this NOW for the first time!!! GREAT! PRESCIENT!!!!
The truth is pure gold .
Brilliant interview Aaron! Professor Cohen is great as usual!
Same here. I love his consistent support for Putin and his policies.
Путин и модернизация? Give me a break
Two years ago and the US knew all of this.
+/- 10 years ago already preparing the ground .
This morning I listened to senator Lindsey Graham on Ukraine war. Now I'm listening (again) to Prof. Cohen.
Wise academics write books while we elect idiots to govern us. Not only in the USA. "Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world".
One of the best analysis on Ukraine - and look how few hits it has compared to all the news media bs around. Buff said
This is the best I heard so far about Ukraine politics, history, Russo-American relations. What a pity Stephen Cohen is no longer with us. What a great thinker. I would have liked to know what he meant by “ Putin wants to modernize Russia”.
I obviously can't speak for Stephen Cohen, but Russian society generally views the 1990s as a catastrophe. Do not hesitate, there were people who received wealth and power at the same time (for example, Putin himself) but for the nation, the country and the government, it was just a catastrophe. Putin came, among other things, as a reformer in end of 1990s. To restore Russia from a catastrophic to a prosperity and safety.
That means to "make Russia great again!"
He wanted Russia to be accepted into and by the European Union. And to become a member. And to strengthen Financial and trade ties with Europe and the West. He has been unable to achieve this.
@@jtcorran5758
He is a man with vision .
Old Europe is still a colonial power .
How by taking 200? Billion dollars from his serfs. Yeah, he surely has the interest of his people at heart. Not buying what your selling. Vlads only concern is Vlad.
Stephen F. Cohen is one of the few honest foreign policy experts in the USA. Great interview!
Professor Cohen is from a higher league.
Yes he's good, people can freely speak their whole thoughts.
Truth
He speaks of this 2 years ago? 😮 it is happening today.
I didn't know till now that the EU agreement in 2014 tied into NATO . How could such an agreement be made? Was any other applicant country required to sign a clause like that? ?? It seems outrageous. NATO membership is not a requirement of EU membership generally.
I couldn't find anything about NATO in that agreement. Maybe someone can point us to it
Officially, you don't have to be NATO member to join EU. Unofficially you must be, one way or another. All the members of EU last 20-30 years(since '90s) became NATO members first, and then became EU members, almost like it was condition to join the EU (which actually is; you can see that some of newest EU members are far from reaching requirements of EU standards in economics, law, human rights, corruption etc, but they still joined EU as NATO members). You can not find new EU member since that period who isn't in NATO. Check this, you will see yourself. In some sensitive cases (like Ukraine), where doing this way could be too open provocation and too dangerous, this goes "through back doors" (the country is officially neutral, but sign different agreements with NATO about cooperation (under excuse of "keeping peace and security all over the world", or cooperation in cases of natural disasters, or something similar), then NATO (Pentagon) open those biolabs for example, etc, etc. You have one story officially, but reality is something else. Unfortunatelly Europe is not her own master, Europe is USA servant, and USA from safe distance doesn't take care of European interests always. One moment France and Germany saw an opportunity to take leading position in EU (they are in some kind of "soft war" regarding this), and since then EU didn't accept any new member. I have nothing against cooperation among countries, I'm completely for it, in fact I would try to include as much as possible countries around the world, because that's the way to keep peace. But this with USA leadership is very, very bad thing. USA has too little to lose to be "good master", if you understand what I want to say. With that position, with that pedigree and with that power it's not hard to become selfish, arrogant and scrupuless. But suffer and pain are always somewhere far from USA.
And one more thing: to became EU member you have to go through very long process. There are so many "chapters" which candidate has to "close", but it goes peace by peace. First you have to "open the chapter" which is succes for itself. Then you work on it for years, and when you satisfy requirements (if you "behave") you get new portion of chapters. During this long process you have to accept many things which has nothing with original EU requirements, but if you want to go forward in the process, you have to accept it. Those are things which are never spoken loudly at the press conferences, but these "small blackmails" are happening behind the doors. Meanwhile you already got some investments from EU as candidate, got some loans etc, so you are already "in the game" and it's expensive to step out. So you almost have no choice then to comply. And you can say "nobody force you to join EU, you asked that", but the truth is that one country agree to accept EU values, not the things which wasn't subject from the beginning (you can compare this with situation when you sign an agreement in bank, and you know those "small letters fusnotes" in the footer? Well, this is little bit worse, because on the start you get assurances that something "won't be a problem"). And this can be dangerous for some country in delicate position (like Ukraine). If EU (and its real master USA) don't have good sense for such delicate situation (in this case they acted more like elephant in a glass shop, than delicate and gentle) then you get war in Europe, with possibility to escalate in total war. And again, USA is far away and has much better chances to suffer less then others, but Europe has no chance to avoid destruction in case of ww3. Europe is already punished economically because sanctions against Russia, but it's nothing compared with potential global war on European soil. We already have that, twice, what is enough - is enough. That's why I always say that I don't understand Europeans. How is possible that Europeans are taking so little care about their own destiny. And I'm not talking about governments, they are "sold", but about people
@@jasnazivkovic969 Yet France clearly feels free to leave NATO and only 20 out of 26 EU States are members of NATO.
It was the UK who pushed at the time of Lisbon Treaty to steer the EU towards NATO and away from independent foreign policy. The U.K. is now out of the EU.
The precise reason why new Member States have joined NATO before joining the EU is not clear to me but they are two different bodies of very different character.
@@andrejsgrazuls8513 read 2nd time and don’t literally search for NATO in that , lawyers language used is quite different than normal . Very vague/rough text “They may add a line like to join EU various terms should be met that includes to be member of group/org that protects the Majority of EU members or be a member not only economic organisations(EU) but also be member of organisation responsible for peace in EU(ie nato) etc and So on , send me the link i will help you find it ?
Stumbled onto this video in March 2022. Warning signs existed a long, long time before shit broke out.
Excellent as always. Prof Cohen is sorely needed in the msm.
Lol, mkay. Real person on MSM. Funny
He actually appeared on CNN, and eventually had the co-hosts fighting with each other; it was hilarious to watch 🤣😎
@@edlangford6854 lmao
He used to be featured on MSM quite a bit, but has fallen out of favor because he's not a raving Russiagate lunatic.
He's on Tucker. CNN stopped having him after he pushed back on their "evil Russia" narrative.
GZ ahead of the curve
credibility. integrity. authenticity.
Aaron Maté.
Well, there just should be more people like Professor Cohen at the forefront of international issues. What a gem & sadly departed. Love from a Scotsman. 🙏🏻💙🏴🇺🇸
He so deserves to be here now to witness his prophecies come true
Interesting to be watching this now that we have the conflict going on. Really good insights from Cohen.
Amazing interview.
The West is so crooked.
“Pocas palabras al buen entendedor, AMÉN!” 💀🦍💀🦇💀💩🧻💩🧻💩🧻💩🖕
“Like a Irish ☘️ Shellellie!”
“On cable MSNBC: ‘Prez Joe Biden still ‘Manhandles young 👧🏼 girls!!
Aaron I just watched this two years late. Professor Cohen is so informative. However, it was your ability as the interviewer to ask the thought provoking questions to access Cohen’s brilliance that made this presentation so powerful. Two pros doing their job.
Thank you Mr Cohen
Excellent interview, Aaron. We have lost opportunities. Steven Cohen's wisdom is needed now.
Terrific piece. The quality of Grayzone's reporting and the context provided by guests such as Stephen Cohen is immensely helpful to people like me when we try to get friends and family to think beyond the demonization of Russia and the glorification of anyone who appears to be opposed to Trump. All the mainstream media here in New Zealand follows the CNN, MSNBC, BBC line, even outlets such as our equivalent of PBS which has deservedly built up a good reputation for fairly wide-ranging exploration of contentious domestic politics. Thanks!
CNN, MSNBC, FOX are propagandist channel. PBS is decent, but still doesn't give the kind of insight this interview does. I think DemocracyNow by Amy Goodman gives far more insight into the military industrial adventures than any other channel in US that I know of. Many folks ignore this channel saying it is the channel of leftists and socialists in US. Give a try for a few days.
Thanks for a factual historical discussion on Ukraine from 2 years ago.
It explains the current Russia Ukraine and USA/NATO war/conflict.
Wow god bless Stephen Cohen the man was way ahead of his time
Thats one of the best half explanations on the Russia-Ukraine crisis and now war that I have heard. Thank you Professor Stephen F. Cohen (R.I.P) great guest interview by Aaron Mate on Grayzone.
Thank you Mr. S.Cohen
Outstanding! I've seen the excellent interviews with Mearsheimer, Macgregor, Celente. This adds additional great info and insight. Also the foresight here is the best I've seen
Amazing how well this holds up 3 years later.
Stephen F Cohen was a great scholar. He predicted everything. RIP
Watching this now(2 years after) this guy did a clear analysis and this is now the reality of the situation.
Very good, I experienced warm hearted patient analysis of the present Ukraine confrontation to Russia.
My, my, what a prescient interview with Prof. Cohen, RIP. It has given me a completely different perspective on the current conflict in Ukraine and to the backstory behind Yanukovych's ouster in 2014. The USA and NATO will reap the whirlwind for their machinations in Russia's near abroad, Ukraine.
And here we are March 2022. Very frightening
a discussion of the real issue's going on in the world , breath of fresh air ,thank you gentleman, great talk ...
so relevant today
Well, someone had some smarts a few years ago. He had his finger right on every aspect. Totally prescient.
He's right about Putin not wanting war.
True...Putin wants to peacefully annex parts of the Eastern Ukraine. For some reason the Ukrainians are resisting.
@@drmodestoesq Putin never annexed anything. Research things parrot. You can start with the US involvement during Euro Maidan. Also look into Crimea's bids to leave Ukraine.
Changed his mind
indeed, putin has been disarming and promoting peace
for over 20 years
RIP prof. Cohen. Dearly missed in these times of insane warpigs.
I really miss professor Cohen. We need him now more than ever.
Try The Duran as well
There were three or four years where i would hear prof cohen on the john bachelor show late tuesday night from faraway stations. Great interviews. Then i realized he hadnt been on lately and of course came the sad news he had passed.
interesting to hear this now.
This is a great video!
Cohen’s analysis was prophetic. His voice is desperately needed today.
Aaron Mate, this is amazing!
Very good interview - Professor Cohen is (was) the man to speak with and listen to regarding this conflict
What a mind! Humbling and immensely informative.
And now the Azov nazis in Mariupol are POWs. Couldn't have happened to more deserving sub-humans.
Ironic!
Outstanding analysis of why we are in the current mess. Washington's attitude towards helping ensure peace in the area, notably at that time, Crimea: "What's bad for Russia is good for us" (20'20")
Thanks for this great programme. Prof. Cohen's book "War with Russia?" is extremely illuminating, to say the least.
Do you realize that this is how Russia thinks so it has to responded to in kind?
@@joeb578 US "What's good for the US is good for our allies in Europe!" EU "It might not be a good idea for us if the US blatantly carries out regime change on our doorstep, however deeply the US desire it..." Victoria Nuland "Fuck the EU!" Time for the EU to respond in kind. I see that France and Italy may be starting to come to their senses with regard to the ludicrous narrative of the US government being forcefed to the rest of the world.
this man has predicted this conflict and the reason behind it. waooooo. now I got a clear picture. thank you professor
Thank you Prof Cohen, the world misses you
Very interesting to see this 2 yrs later in the wake of the Russian invasion. Very interesting. Glad it was suggested by yt.
Thank you! Always excited to listen to the professor's analyses.
So sad that Prof. Stephen F. Cohen died before he could witness his prediction. Ukraine would have sought peace but the Americans keep inciting.
malarky......peace at any cost is the worse option for a revanchist like Putin....ask Neville Chamberlain
💯 The American empire PROVOKED this war with Russia-sadly using Ukraine as a proxy! We COULD HAVE prevented this invasion but we love war! Hence as we are at active war with Russia, invaded Somalia & now provoking China!
Oh, how I miss the late Mr Stephen F. Cohen; what a scholar, what an intellectual, what a MAN! A true professor and gentleman of old!
EDIT: You know when people say something along lines of “world be a worse place without him”, well here that is not only terrible truth, that is an understatement! How we miss people like him, and we are having less and less of this kind of people each day, today - true and through intelligentsia of old disappearing before our own eyes...
Wow! One of the best interviews I’ve ever seen
Grayzone, the greatest news/current affairs show on the planet. Great work ☮️☯️
United States call it "Liberation" instead of "Invasion". That was what US call it in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and the list goes on... Why the double standard? Confused... Please enlighten. Genuine question...
Instances of the United States "liberated" or 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 *
Pakistan 2022 *
IMO, The US should stop sending “we the people’s” money and our weapons to Ukraine.
Rest In Power Mr. Cohen.
He was such an intelligent professor. A Jewel.
Another fantastic interview Aaron. I always learn something new about the world. Thankyou.
This is an excellent interview.