By recognizing that the question of NATO enlargement is at the center of this war, we understand why U.S. weaponry will not end this war. Only diplomatic efforts can do that.
The War in Ukraine Was Provoked—and Why That Matters to Achieve Peace
The following is the text of a full-page ad by the Eisenhower Media Network in the New York Times on May 16, 2023.
The US Should Be a Force for Peace in the World
Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University joins the show to discuss the war in Ukraine. First, Scott asks him about his extensive experience telling the truth about American foreign policy on national television. They then take a look back at the important developments that led to this war over Ukraine. They discuss the talks after the fall of the USSR, the Russian interest in the port at Sevastopol, the true beginning of the current war in 2014 and more
4/4/23 Jeffrey Sachs on What Led to War in Ukraine
Declassified British files show how Russia’s President repeatedly told his Western counterparts he was “not against” NATO expansion—and even devised a flagship agreement with NATO to bring the Russian people onside.
Revealed: Boris Yeltsin privately supported NATO expansion in 1990’s
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The arrogance and folly in Ukraine that could yet send us hurtling towards nuclear catastrophe
Nearly a year in, the war in Ukraine has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and brought the world to the brink of, in President Joe Biden’s own words, “Armageddon.” Alongside the literal battlefield has been a similarly bitter intellectual battle over the war’s causes.
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