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Nach über 30 Jahren Kriegsvorbereitung katapultartig zum Frieden?Die Unfähigkeit, Lehren aus dem Westfälischen Frieden (1648) zu ziehen.Ein Standpunkt von Wolfgang Effenberger.Nach der Auflösung der Warschauer Vertragsstaaten ("Warschauer Pakt") und dem Untergang der Sowjetunion am 31. Dezember 1991 formulierte der neokonservative US-Verteidigungsstaatssekretär Paul Wolfowitz 1992 eine Strategie zur Aufrechterhaltung der unipolaren US-Vorherrschaft. (1) Diese wenige Monate nach dem Ende der bipolaren Welt (USA vs. Sowjetunion) entwickelte Doktrin bildet einen zentralen ideologischen Bezugspunkt für die Eskalation des Ukraine-Konflikts bis hin zum aktuellen Krieg. Die Verbindungslinien lassen sich wie folgt darstellen:Geopolitische Grundlagen der "Wolfowitz-Doktrin"Im Kern geht es besonders auf dem Gebiet der ehemaligen UdSSR um die Verhinderung neuer globaler Rivalen. Dafür galt es, die militärische Dominanz durch NATO-Erweiterung und Kontrolle der Rüstungsindustrie (2) sowie den Ausschluss multilateraler Institutionen wie der UNO bei Interessenkonflikten durchzusetzten. (3)Entgegen mündlicher Zusagen an Gorbatschow 1990 ("keinen Zentimeter Ostausdehnung") (4) trieb die Doktrin die Integration osteuropäischer Staaten in die NATO voran. Dies wurde vom Kreml als existentielle Bedrohung wahrgenommen:Stationierung von Raketenabwehrsystemen in Rumänien/PolenNATO-Manöver nahe russischer GrenzenÜbernahme der Ukraine in die westliche Einflusssphäre durch die "Maidan-Revolution" 2014 (5)Während der erste "amerikazugewandte" Präsident der Russischen Föderation, Boris Jelzin (1991 bis 1999), "amerikanische Interessenwahrnehmung" in Russland wohlwollend duldete, beobachtete die russische Führung seit 2000 die geopolitischen Aktivitäten der USA mit ihren hunderten von Militärbasen in und um Eurasien sehr kritisch und sieht im aktuellen Krieg eine Abwehrhandlung gegen die "Wolfowitz-Strategie":Gegen den vom Westen im Februar 2014 orchestrierten völkerrechtswidrigen Staatsstreich lehnte sich die Bevölkerung im Donbass auf, was ab Mai 2014 zu einem bürgerkriegsähnlichen Konflikt führte, der schwerwiegende Auswirkungen auf die Zivilbevölkerung in dieser Region hatte und hat....hier weiterlesen: https://apolut.net/die-unfahigkeit-lehren-aus-dem-westfalischen-frieden-zu-ziehen-von-wolfgang-effenberger/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
European leaders and Trump administration officials are attending the Munich Security Summit over the weekend. We'll have the latest on what was discussed, and how it might effect the war in Ukraine." Also, as we continue a deep dive into Ukraine news, we reflect on the "Maidan Revolution," as it's been called, which was a protest against a Russia-installed leader of Ukraine. Many people, especially younger Ukrainians, wanted the country to lean toward the West, not Russia. And, in Ukraine, musician Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is a living legend. But few of his songs have had as much meaning or poignancy as "Chovan," which describes the country on both sides of the Dnipro River. As The World's hosts explain, while the bridge over that river has been destroyed, the spiritual bridge that connects all Ukrainians remains firmly intact. Listen to today's Music Heard on Air. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Die Transparenz von Open Source schreibt Geschichten, die erzählt werden wollen50% des Begriffes “Open Source” besteht aus dem Wort “Open”. Ok. Für diese Erkenntnis muss man nun nicht studiert haben. Open bzw. Offen bzw. Transparenz bezieht sich dabei nicht nur auf den Source Code selbst, sondern i.d.R. auf alles, was das entsprechende Projekt betrifft. Dazu zählen u.a. für jedermann einsehbare Bug-Reports und Pull Requests. Wenn man dies nun mit weltweiter Kollaboration verschiedener Menschen und Kulturen mixt, ist eins vorprogrammiert: Kreativität, WTF-Momente, persönliche Schicksale und Geschichten, die erzählt werden wollen. Diese Episode erzählt einige dieser Open Source Geschichten. Wir sprechen darüber, wie man Douglas Crockford dazu bringt, über JavaScript Code zu streiten, wann für einen Pull Request eine eigene Torte gebacken wird und warum dies dann zu einem Merge führt, sowie wann und warum Unit Tests fehlschlagen, wenn diese in Australien ausgeführt werden. Es geht aber auch um traurige Seiten und persönliche Schicksale. Zum Beispiel eine Gefängnisverurteilung eines Maintainers von einem Projekt, welches 26 Millionen Downloads pro Woche hat, eine Krebserkrankungen mit verbundener Anteilnahme der Community und wie der Maintainer die Zukunft des Projektes sichert für die Zeit, wenn er nicht mehr da ist oder auch wie die Maidan-Revolution und der Ukraine-Krieg Open Source beeinflussen.Unsere aktuellen Werbepartner findest du auf https://engineeringkiosk.dev/partnersDas schnelle Feedback zur Episode:
Scott's anti-war libertarianism and his new book, Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine ... How the US made the Russia-Ukraine war more likely ... Was Ukraine's Maidan Revolution a US-backed coup? ... America's promise to the Soviet Union not to expand NATO ... Do US officials misunderstand Russia's perspective? ... Heading to Overtime ...
Scott's anti-war libertarianism and his new book, Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine ... How the US made the Russia-Ukraine war more likely ... Was Ukraine's Maidan Revolution a US-backed coup? ... America's promise to the Soviet Union not to expand NATO ... Do US officials misunderstand Russia's perspective? ... Heading to Overtime ...
The Didactic Mind podcast is finally BACK, after a hiatus of some 7 months, with a new episode discussing the motivations and rationale behind neoclown thinking. In this episode, I explain how the various chaotic events springing up all over the world - the collapse of the Assad government in Syria, the attempted coup in South Korea, the attempts to mount a Maidan Revolution in Georgia, the annulment of the first round of Presidential elections in Romania, and most of all, the war in Ukraine - all have a common thread running through them. I explain how neoclownery essentially comes from the true meaning behind a three-word phrase, and I point out how the current generation of neoclowns view Ukraine as central to their entire agenda for global American hegemony. I also unpack the reasons why that hegemony simply cannot hold, and why the other nations of the world have no interest in living under it. Support the War College If you like what I do, and you would like to express your appreciation, please feel free to do so here via my Buy Me a Coffee page. All funds go to upkeep of the site and podcast (well, whatever is left over after buying good Scotch, obviously…) Protect Yourself From Big Tech I make some pretty incendiary statements in this podcast, and in most of my podcasts. I can only do so because I take steps to protect myself from the Big Tech companies, and preserve my identity. You need to do the same – this is no longer optional, because if you don't, the gatekeepers WILL come for your head. If you don't know where to start, then I've got you covered right here with this post. Here are the specific steps that you can take: Make sure that your web traffic is safe and protected from prying eyes using a VPN – click here to get a massive 80% OFF on a 24-month subscription with Surfshark; Be sure also to check out Incogni, the new data and privacy management tool offered by Surfshark, which simply works behind the scenes to ensure that no malign actors can take advantage of your data ever again; Another solid VPN option for you is Atlas VPN, brought to you by the same company that creates NordVPN; The best SSD drive that you can get right now, with blazing fast speeds and near-native storage capabilities, is probably the SanDisk Extreme 1TB Portable SSD with NVMe technology – I bought this myself to keep a moving backup of all of my files, it's the size of a credit card, and it's absolutely superb; Build Your Platform Get yourself a proper domain for your site or business with Namecheap; Put your site onto a shared hosting service using A2Hosting for the fastest, most secure, and stable hosting platform around – along with unlimited email accounts of unlimited size; Create beautiful websites with amazing, feature-rich content using Divi from Elegant Themes; Stand for Western Civilisation Buy yourself a proper Bible; Get your Castalia Library books here; Buy yourself a proper knife for personal defence;
Support this podcast with a tax-deductible donation. Photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind and writer Alisa Sopova create intimate, accessible portraits of Ukrainian civilians living close to the frontlines of the Russian invasion. Sometimes their subjects are picnicking in a park or tending a garden. Other times, they're repairing a ceiling damaged by shelling or waiting for departure on an evacuation train. Anastasia and Alisa have been working together in Ukraine since the Maidan Revolution, also known as the “Revolution of Dignity” in 2014. And over the years, they've returned to visit the same families, witnessing how the war touches men, women, and children over time. Independent Projects5K From the Frontline Welcome to DonetskInternational media work:NPR: The Ukraine war isn't new. These intimate photos show 3 families enduring it for yearsThe New Humanitarian: How seven years of war and COVID-19 split Ukraine in twoThe New York Times: Opinion: Where There Are Fish in the Tap Water and Women's Uteruses Fall OutTime Magazine: The Strange Unreality of Life During Eastern Ukraine's Forgotten WarMusic in this episode by Doyeq, One Man Book, and Bill Vortex ABOUT THE SHOW The Making Peace Visible podcast is hosted by Jamil Simon and produced by Andrea Muraskin, with help from Faith McClure. Steven Youngblood is Director of Education for Making Peace Visible. Learn more at makingpeacevisible.org Support our work Connect on social:Instagram @makingpeacevisibleLinkedIn @makingpeacevisibleX (formerly Twitter) @makingpeaceviz We want to learn more about our listeners. Take this 3-minute survey to help us improve the show!
The podcast above was made by the Google Gemini AI via notebookLM.A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-narrative-building-of-west-and-the-threat-of-regime-change-13827231.htmlWhile we can all laugh at the absurdities mouthed by Justin Trudeau in his crusade against India and Hindus, there are meta-questions that really beg for an answer: what the heck is going on? Who is behind all this? Why now? What other precedents do we look at? What do we see as immediate fallout?I am a student of narrative building. I wrote of information warfare a couple of months ago in https://rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/p/ep-131-information-warfare-narrative and pointed out that this particular method of creation of narratives, while it has long been popular, now functions at warp speed, and the targets of such narratives often get blind-sided, or worse.I spoke of the sudden U-turns that ended up deposing erstwhile friends like Saddam Hussein and Manuel Noriega; and I pointed out that something along those lines had happened with Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh in August. There are other examples: for instance, the Maidan Revolution courtesy Victoria Nuland that ended up in the overthrow in Ukraine of Viktor Yanukovych, the installation of Vladimir Zelensky, and… well, you know the rest. There is a pattern: you unilaterally label somebody a terrorist, and then you proceed to topple him/her. In the old American idiom, “give a dog a bad name, and hang him”. With our supine obeisance to Big Tech and Western media, and thus the gaslighting, we (that is, anybody other than the elites running the West) just believe this, and blame ourselves for not noticing this all along. Total mind-control, in other words.That makes me quite nervous about what's going on with the Canadians. It's true that the Trudeaus, pere et fils, have simply ignored the Khalistani terror problem, both before and after the tragic downing of Air India Kanishka, Flight 182, almost 40 years ago, and the deaths of 329 people. Since those 329 were mostly brown people, it appeared to be not an issue. There was dissenting opinion: the Major Commission report from 2021 https://www.majorcomm.ca/en/reports/finalreport.html excoriated the Canadian government for incompetence and complacency. Here is an excerpt.But nobody has ever been brought to book for the bombing. And this has gotten worse over time: Khalistanis like US citizen Gurpatwant Singh Pannun regularly threaten to blow up Air India planes, and warn that this will happen on specific occasions where he suggests people should avoid flying on Air India. These are acts of transnational terror and intimidation, but he gets a pass.Maybe it's a coincidence, but after Trudeau's outburst earlier this week, there have been at least a dozen incidents of bomb threats against Indian-owned aircraft. One circumpolar Air India Delhi-Chicago flight ended up landing in an obscure Canadian airport in Iqualuit in the Great White North because of an online bomb threat. It's possible that Khalistanis are involved.Furthermore, there is some kind of a summons issued against Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in a lawsuit filed by Pannun (who is a lawyer himself) in the comical case of an alleged plot to bump him off, wherein an alleged Indian operative allegedly tried to pay an alleged hitman money to do the deed. The latest round of the hoo-haa has Canadians targeting Home Minister Amit Shah. Dutifully, the Washington Post with its old US State Department links has made a whole series of serious allegations, which would be funny if they weren't noir. The fact that the Ministry of External Affairs reacted sharply to this circus, alas, does not mean there is some new-found spine, but simply that the bureaucrats were peeved that one of them, the senior IFS officer who was Ambassador to Canada, was humiliated. Normally, most bureaucrats have children in the US, or are eyeing lucrative Western sinecures. They tend not to do anything that might damage their personal interests. But this time it IS different. Things are coming to a head. The sum and substance is that, after the long-running attack on social media on Hindus as ‘pajeets' and ‘street defecators', now the stage is set to declare “the Modi regime” a “rogue government”, as though fascist, brutal, anti-minority, and other epithets they habitually use were not enough. The next step would be regime change, of course. Is India prepared to defend itself?All this is strictly from the Deep State playbook, so a priori I would blame either Foggy Bottom or Langley, but right now, in the middle of a grueling Presidential election? Don't they have bigger fish to fry? So I started to wonder if it was some other entity that had prodded Trudeau. It was interesting to see the closed ranks among the Five Eyes, which is to say English-speaking white countries or Anglosphere. Keir Starmer of the UK, again dutifully, supported Trudeau with alacrity, so much so that I began to wonder if this assault on India is actually a British plot, considering two things.Brits must have been really annoyed that an Indian-origin PM, Rishi Sunak, ruled them for a while, and they think India is insufficiently respectful of the British King, who, oddly enough, is Canada's Head of State, and probably Australian and New Zealand's as well. Maybe they blame India for Chagossians finally getting out of brutal colonial control (which by the way means the end of the grandly named “British Indian Ocean Territories”) which has an impact on the US naval base at Diego Garcia, for which Chagos islanders had been displaced. The Five Eyes have exalted opinions of themselves. For instance, one of the Biden administration's many unfathomable decisions was to downgrade the sensible Quad (the brainchild of Abe Shinzo) and instead plump for AUKUS (which is all, well, white) with the remarkable story of wanting British technology transfer to Australia re submarines. Let me repeat that: British. Technology. Transfer. And here I was, thinking the objective was to contain a rampaging China!Then there are other little episodes that need to be remembered. Sheikh Hasina stated that the US wanted an island near Chittagong for a naval base, and more alarmingly, that there was a plan for a Christian Zo state that would include territories in India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. This is again a Deep State modus operandi, see East Timor and South Sudan. Furthemore, the US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, has been hyperactive in “sub-national diplomacy” along with other US officials, meeting a Tamil supremacist M K Stalin one day, doling out funds paying special attention to the restive Northeast the next day.Not content with that, here's more from the energetic Garcetti:Assuming these tweets are authentic, things do look a little bleak for India and the “Modi regime” at the moment. Balkanizing India has long been a goal of the Deep State, reflecting the wishes of its proxies in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. I hate to be a Cassandra, but a rising and strong India is not on the agenda of anybody but Indians, and that too only some Indians. Others, and you know who they are, are quite happy to revert to the status quo of the pre-1991 era, when India, the alleged socialist paradise, steadily lost ground and became poorer and poorer relative to other countries.These are dangerous times. I have been nervous about Deep State intent since the days of Madeleine Albright and Robin Raphel, and I am concerned about the coming Kamala Harris Presidency (yes, she will be POTUS). I am worried about a faction of the US establishment that is congenitally anti-India. Given the looming threat of China, I would much prefer a good working relationship between the US and India, my two favorite countries, and I'd like to take the protestations of common interests (including a very large purchase of Predator drones by India) at face value, but as Ronald Reagan said memorably, “Trust, but verify”. 1325 words, 17 Oct 2024 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/subscribe
It's great to be back with everyone on the Tiger Bloc Podcast! On this episode, John Chinaman interviews Ukrainian antifascist and anti-authoritarian Dmytro Mrachnik. Dmytro has been fighting in Ukraine since the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022. Please bear with us on the sound quality. With power and internet failures in Ukraine, this podcast had to be a recorded phone call. Dmytro takes us back to 2014 and the Maidan Revolution, when he was hanging in the Kyiv punk rock scene. Dmytro gives us his perspective as a dual Russian and Ukrainian speaker and dispels myths about supposed discrimination against Russian speakers. Dmytro describes how the left reacted to the Maidan and Russian invasion in 2014, and what changed in 2022 with an increased left wing response and militancy. As is depressingly common, Dmytro also relates the lack of an international left-wing response to assist the Ukrainian left, even two years after the full-scale invasion. Dmytro also talks a bit about what army life is like. Dmytro fought in both the Kharkiv and Bakhmut fronts. Since joining the military, he's actually risen in the ranks to first lieutenant. Listen to the podcast to learn about the experience of an antifascist in the military. Dmytro is a prolific writer about politics and Ukrainian culture. You can find his writings on nihilist.li and Anarchist Library. Find Dima on Instagram at @mrachnik, on Twitter at @dmrachnik, or email at dmrachnik@gmail.com. For more writings on Nihilist, check out the editor Romeo Kokriatski on Twitter at @VagrantJourno. Music: Outbreak of Evil by Sodom
Jim talks with Yaroslav Trofimov about his new book Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence. They discuss the reporting that went into the book, Yaroslav's connection to Ukraine, a brief history of Ukraine, the Golden Horde's conquering of modern-day Ukraine, Russia's inheritance of the Tatar-Mongol state, Ukraine's brief period of independence at the end of WWI, the complexity of Ukrainian identity, the Orange Revolution, the Maidan Revolution & its outcome, a period of low-intensity conflict, what caused full-scale war to break out, how Putin drank his own kool-aid, his expectation that there would be little resistance, the widespread underestimation of Ukraine, Russia's initial thrusts, the pivotal battle at Hostomel Airfields, the Bucha massacre, the negotiations in Istanbul, the siege at Mariupol, what made the Ukrainians so tough, the role of Zelensky in inspiring the resistance & rallying international support, the Russian drought, the counter-offensives of August-September 2022, the Republican party's stalling of aid to Ukraine, the arguments for supporting aid, Yaroslav's prognosis, possible endgames, the likelihood of a frozen conflict, and much more. Episode Transcript Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence, by Yaroslav Trofimov No Country for Love, by Yaroslav Trofimov Yaroslav Trofimov is the author of three books of narrative non-fiction and one novel. He has worked around the world as a foreign correspondent of The Wall Street Journal since 1999, and has served as the newspaper's chief foreign-affairs correspondent since 2018. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in international reporting in 2023, for his work on Ukraine, and in 2022, for his work on Afghanistan. His honors include an Overseas Press Club award for coverage of India as well as the Washington Institute gold medal for the best book on the Middle East. His latest non-fiction book, Our Enemies Will Vanish, was a finalist of the 2024 Orwell Prize.
Taras Byk's special mission is the breakup of the Russian Federation, a project that doesn't seem so far-fetched after the Prigozhin mutiny, and Putin's endless aggression that is exhausting Russia's military and economic reserves. Taras is a civil society activist and political strategist, who believes that Ukraine's Maidan Revolution, in which he participated, saved not only Ukraine but also Europe. Today we will be discussing the threat from a resurgent Russia, and the history of imperial expansion that sits behind it. Can Ukraine's stand for freedom and struggle against renewed Russification of its peoples hold the line in Europe between freedom and authoritarianism, between the rule of law and unimaginable barbarism. Can Ukraine's experience even help revitalise the idea of democracy and help us to become more resilience in the face of creeping nepotism, corruption, oligarchy, and aggressive autocrats? ---------- Taras Byk is a manager at Wooden Horse Strategies, LLC, a governmental-relations, and strategic communications firm based in Kyiv. ---------- LINKS: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taras-byk-09bb305/ ---------- ARTICLES: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/is-putins-russia-heading-for-collapse-like-its-czarist-and-soviet-predecessors/ https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/podcasts/6527f6aaefe26/2023/10/26/7425908/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QScdSVMz83A&t=2s ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NGO “Herojam Slava” https://heroiamslava.org/ kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyśl https://kharpp.com/ NOR DOG Animal Rescue https://www.nor-dog.org/home/ ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube's algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Julia Kochetova (b. 1993) is a Ukrainian photojournalist and documentary filmmaker based in Kyiv. Her work focuses on firsthand storytelling as a method, researching topics of the war generation, post-traumatic stress disorder, and feminism. Julia studied journalism at Taras Shevchenko National University (UA) and Mohyla School of Journalism (UA), alongside participating in IDFAcademy (NL). As a freelancer, Julia has covered the Maidan revolution (2013-2014), the annexation of Crimea (2014), and the Russia-Ukraine war (2014-now). She is a regular contributor to Der Spiegel, Vice News, Zeit, Bloomberg, The Guardian, amongst others.In 2023, Julia won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing News Coverage: Long Form with VICE News Tonight and in 2024, just a few weeks ago, was the global winner of the Open Format category in the World Press Photo awards for her multi-media project War Is Personal.In episode 230, Julia discusses, among other things:Viewing the war as a long-term project.Not choosing to be a war photoghrapher.Still photographs no longer ‘working' - importance of text.How her WPP winning project was done ‘last minute'.Her love/hate relationship with Instagram.How all her plans changed in 2014 with the Maidan Revolution.Her documentary film project See You Later.What she means by ‘it's about the photographs I haven't taken'.A valuable lesson learned about behaving ethically.How war has deprived her of the capacity for joy.Referenced:Oleksandr KomiakhovDaria Kolomiec Website | Instagram “I'm really grateful that our story is being told by Ukrainian photographers, but it never was about career ambition. We Ukrainian storytellers were never in the position that we chose to become war photographers. I keep saying I'm not a war photographer. I'm photographing war because this is what's happening in my country. I have zero wish to photograph any other wars. I'm doing this because this is my war. That's the only accurate skill I have.” Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.
In our world of disruption, Georgia has suddenly emerged as another centre of protest and imbalance: on Wednesday, 1 May, the Georgian parliament voted positively on controversial new legislation that would brand Western-funded NGOs as foreign agents. In response, the streets of Georgia, notably the capital Tbilisi, erupted into protest: not only is the legislation deemed objectionable, it is also a clear threat to Georgia's EU aspirations.In December last year the European Union announced Georgia, a pearl of the Caucasus, would become a candidate for membership. But in response to this new legislation, the EU this week called on Georgia to stay the course and stop the legislative process. The government is perceived to be pro-Russian, and it is unclear whether it will pay heed, but the many protesters appear adamant to maintain their dream of EU membership — in line with every poll conducted in the state over decades, that reflect a vast majority of the population seek to be firmly embedded in the EU and the West.To understand these rapidly unfolding events, Ilana Bet-El is joined by Salome Samadashvili, a prominent opposition member of the Georgian parliament and former ambassador of Georgia to the EU. Is this a repetition of events in Ukraine 2014, when citizens objected to attempts by their Russian controlled President to hamper relations with the EU — attempts that led to the Maidan Revolution, the ouster of the President and the annexation of Crimea by Russia — or is this a blind political ploy of a weak government? In this volatile region, all developments are crucial.Recorded on 2 May 2024Mentions and further resourcesInt'l hacking group "Anonymous” threatens Georgian police and gov't officials Georgia Today articleThe Guardian live on Georgia eventsFollow us and our guest:Salome Samadashvili LinkedInSalomé Samadashvili X/TwitterInstagram @women_leaders_podcastOur partner European Leadership Network social media Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook & websiteIlana Bet-ElCreditsProduction: Florence FerrandoMusic: Let Good Times Roll, RA from #Uppbeat ZXIIIJUU2ISPZIJT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we talk about foreign aid, brain drain, and long-term economic consequences.We also discuss the Rasputitsa, counteroffensives, and strategic rethinks.Recommended Book: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John ScalziTranscriptWe've done this a few times before, but it's been a while since I've done a real update on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine—September of last year, I think, was the last one, a bonus episode on the topic—and a fair bit has happened since then, even if a lot of these happenings have been overshadowed by other conflicts, most especially the invasion of Gaza by Israel following the attacks on Israel by Gaza-based Hamas.But before diving into what's been happening, recently, in Ukraine, let's walk through a quick summary of events up till this point.In early 2014, Ukraine's people rose up against their Russia-aligned government in what became known as the Maidan Revolution or Revolution of Dignity.This was a long time coming, by many estimates, because of changes that had been made to the country's constitution and government since a decade previous, most of those changes orienting Ukraine more toward Russia's sphere of influence, authoritarian policies, and various sorts of corruption at the top, and the protests that led to this revolution began in November of 2013 before culminating in February the following year, which led to the toppling of the government, the creation of a new, interim government, the president fleeing to Russia, and new elections that kicked off a period of decoupling from Russian influence.This was not well received in Russia, which has long seen Ukraine as being under its sway, if not belonging to Russia, outright, Ukraine serving as a large, friendly buffer between it and Europe, so Russian forces were send in, the flags and other identifiers on their fatigues removed, to support separatists in the eastern portion of Ukraine.This sparked what became known as the Donbas War, which periodically flared up and sometimes merely simmered, but continued from when it began in February of 2014 all the way up to Russia's more formal invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, following several months of buildup along the countries' shared border.Against the odds and most analysts' assumptions, Ukraine managed to fend off Russia's initial assault, Russia managing to capture some territory, but not the capital city, Kyiv, and thus it wasn't able to decapitate the Ukrainian government and replace it with folks who would be loyal to Russia, as was apparently planned.Russia's stated plans changed several times over the next few years, as their assaults continued to falter in the face of stiffer than expected resistance, and eventually the so-called "special military operation" in Ukraine became a more overt, full-on war, complete with forced conscriptions, massive loss of life, the demolition of infrastructure and entire towns, and a recalibration of the global order, new alliances popping up, others being challenged, and everyone, to some degree at least, being sorted into categories based on who they support, who they don't, and who they are willing to tolerate despite not supporting—that latter category consisting mostly of less-aligned nations like Brazil and India, which have done pretty well for themselves, economically, staying somewhat neutral and aloof from this conflict, and thus continuing to deal with both the Western alliance supporting Ukraine, and the comparably small team of opposing nations, including China, North Korea, and Iran, all of which back Russia to varying degrees.In September of 2023, when I did the last update episode on this conflict, the state of play was largely defined by drone-based harassment of soldiers and infrastructure, like energy sources and bridges, by both sides against the other, Ukraine's flagging counteroffensive against Russia, which started out pretty good, but then ran intro trouble, seemingly due to sturdy Russian defenses that had been built around the portion of Ukraine they'd captured, the arrival of the "Rasputitsa" muddy season, which makes movement difficult in the region, and discussions about whether the US would provide longer-range artillery to Ukrainian forces, as Russia was comfortably settled-in, lobbing endless missiles and drones at Ukrainian forces and civilians, so longer-range munitions would help Ukraine counter that advantage, but there were concerns that this could lead to more attacks by Ukraine against Russian targets within Russia, which—because they would be using US weaponry—could help Russia justify expanding the war, which could, in turn, lead to WWIII, nuclear deployments, and the end of the world.There was also discussion about whether the US should keep sending tens of billions of dollars to Ukraine, with Republicans mostly saying it wasn't okay, and some European leaders, especially those in Hungary, saying the same, while essentially everyone else said we need to keep Ukraine stocked with weapons and ammo, as the money is well-invested.What I'd like to talk about today is what's happened in the months since, and what folks in the know are expecting to happen, next.—Since last September, the debate over sending money to Ukraine has increased in volume, with countries like the UK scrambling to increase their funding to help fill the gap left by the US, where Congress is still deadlocked over a $60 billion aid package, the lack of which has left the Ukrainian government in the lurch, debating tax increases and spending cuts, while also rationing ammo, because they've hit their ceiling in terms of spending.Most of those gap-filling aid packages from elsewhere, though, weigh in at tens or hundreds of millions, not billions, so one of the main challenges Ukraine faces right now is figuring out how to adapt their strategy for a wartime reality in which they're not well-funded from outside sources, as there's a chance more funding could eventually arrive from the US and other sources, but it's looking like the appetite for uncapped aid checks is drying up, even though Ukrainian President Zelensky continues to make the case that funding his country's defense is an investment, not a hand-out, because it ties up, and potentially even halts Russia's military ambitions in the area, which might otherwise be aimed at other nations Russia considers to be part of its orbit, and in some cases even thinks of as stolen territory, like Estonia—an attack on which would bring the whole of NATO into a conflict like the one Ukraine alone is facing, currently.Ukraine has also been escalating its attacks, mostly surreptitious, but sometimes a bit more flagrant, into Russian territory near their shared border, using on the ground special forces teams on occasion, but mostly leveraging their remote-controlled and autonomous drone fleet to strike primarily military and energy targets, like fuel depots and fighter jets parked at airports.Over this same period, Russia has hammered Ukrainian cities and towns with heavier-than-usual waves of rockets and explosive drones, targeting some military infrastructure, but more often hitting civilian centers, apartment buildings, and shopping malls.A much-vaunted counterattack by Ukraine against Russian forces occupying their territory in November of 2023 achieved a few small, mostly symbolic goals, but failed to tally the large number of strategic successes accomplished during another counterattack earlier in the year.This failure to replicate that previous success led to a wave of pessimism in Ukraine and allied nations, and new calls for some kind of peace talks—though then, as now, the Ukrainian government maintains that it won't hold serious talks until Russian forces have left the Ukrainian territory they've occupied, and they also say—with merit, according to most analysts—that any ceasefire before a Ukrainian victory would mostly benefit Russia, which would likely spend the time shoring-up its military and then invade again within the next few years, no matter what the terms of the ceasefire said.So a ceasefire, at this point, would seemingly favor Russia, and most experts think the current situation on the ground in Ukraine favors Russia, as well, though Russia is suffering some serious consequences from their invasion, both of the short- and long-term variety.In the short-term, Russia's economy—though not collapsing as many of the nations applying sanctions, like the US and EU countries, had hoped—is not doing anywhere near as well as it would have been doing, had this invasion not happened, or had it gone better for them, ending quickly, within a few days or a week, as they had initially expected.It's become a lot more difficult for them to do business with much of the world, too, and their influence over global energy markets in particular have been severely hamstrung, which in turn has lessened the geopolitical heft of the OPEC + Russia oil cartel.Russia has also nearly emptied its prisons, giving even incredibly violent and unstable prisoners the option of joining the military and being sent to the frontlines, those who survive granted their freedom; and this has reportedly led to a lot of horribleness back home, as these prisoners have been causing the sorts of trouble you might expect violent and unstable people to cause after being freed from prison, with the addition of also potentially suffering from the effects of PTSD and other sorts of trauma from having survived on the frontline of what has often been described as a meatgrinder sort of conflict, and in some headline-grabbing cases, they've brought military weapons back home with them, allowing them to cause enough more damage than would have otherwise been possible.Russian citizens also have to worry about being conscripted, in some cases grabbed from the street and taken, with little preparation, to the front line somewhere in Ukraine, and about the sporadic drone attacks from Ukrainian special forces and Russian groups that support Ukraine in this conflict.More abstractly, the Russian economy is not doing great, they've been largely unable to produce much in the way of high-end or high-tech goods for several years, now, and they're also running short of workers, more than 43% of industrial enterprises in the country reporting worker shortages as of July, 2023.In parallel, more than 1000 companies have withdrawn from Russia, including their own google-equivalent, Yandex, which took a 50% hit on its already substantially depleted value just to be able to leave the country and operate elsewhere; this has given the Russian government more direct control over their regional slice of the internet, but it's also a tradeoff many companies, international and local, have decided to make, as being cut off from the rest of the world and having significant sanctions applied to their behaviors if they stick around generally isn't considered to be worth the upsides.Also leaving Russia are its people. And while there will almost certainly be long-term consequences of those contemporary economic issues for Russia and Russians, this so-called "brain drain" could prove to be even more significant, especially when paired with the large number of deaths amongst Russia's troops, estimated to tally somewhere between 70 and 120 thousand since the full-scale, 2022-era invasion began.Also since late-February 2022, at least 2,500 scientists have left Russia, and that's on top of the around 50,000 Russia's own Academy of Sciences estimates it has lost over the past five years—all those researchers moving to greener pastures in other countries.An estimated 11-28% of the country's software developers have fled, and as of early 2023, it was estimated that hundreds of thousands of young people have left Russia since the invasion.Research from within Russia that same year indicated that about 1.5 million people under the age of 35 left the Russian workforce in the year between December of 2021 and December of 2022, alone, for brain drain and other reasons, and this—combined with all the young people who have been conscripted, adding up to around 521,000 soldiers by the end of 2023, the goal being around 745,000 by the end of 2024—that's a lot of people, all from a relatively narrow age demographic, roughly 18 to 30, who are not working, are not getting a formal education, who are not dating, not home with kids or their older family members, to take care of them.From a demographer's perspective, this is the seed-corn of a country, the next generation that will step into roles that are currently held by the adults in the room. And Russia is a country of around 144 million people, so it's not small, and these figures won't wipe them out or anything, but their population has been on the decline since the mid-1990s, and the median age in the country is already just over 39 years old.So losing, to other countries, to the black market, maybe, or to death, disability, or the other consequences of a military conflict, a significant chunk of the younger portion of your population is not ideal, as that leaves a country with fewer people who are capable of stepping into the roles that their elders will be leaving over the next few decades, and that means fewer younger people to keep the economy ticking along, to make discoveries, to earn money and pay taxes, which over time perpetuates all kinds of negative cascades and spirals, economically, demographically, and in terms of a country's capacity to compete, globally.One of the most long-lasting consequences of this invasion, then, could be a demographic collapse in Russia that leads to untold consequences, up to and including the eventual overthrow of a government that, no matter how cleverly it navigates this war and whatever happens next, won't be able to bring renewed equilibrium, safety, success, and flourishing back to the country, because of issues like demography that are not really salvageable once the dice are cast.Of course, Ukraine is in an even worse state, and would be even if all the money than had been promised and implied by its wealthy western allies had arrived on time: the country is devastated, its people are almost uniformly traumatized, it's governance and infrastructure is operating only at subsistence level, and some of its towns and cities have been almost entirely leveled, no buildings left standing, completely unlivable, and not just because there's no running water or electricity or shelter—the very soil in many of these areas, some of which are vital breadbasket regions for the world, have been polluted with toxins and chemicals from the conflict, and that's when they haven't been freckled with mines.Over the past few months, the story on the ground has remained largely the same, with Russia managing to take a few symbolic and moderately strategic cities and towns, and the front line barely moving at all in either direction.Ukraine has been hobbled by a lack of resources and those aforementioned defense lines Russia set up, after it committed to hold still, shooting long distance stuff, and periodically flooding the zone with meat-shield, waves of soldiers, which seems to be working decently well, though with a significant loss of life as a tradeoff.The Ukrainian leadership replaced the country's commander-in-chief in early February 2024, amidst rumors of disagreements between him in the president about how to proceed, and there's been word that the US is encouraging Ukrainian's government to settle in for the long-haul, rather than aiming for shorter-term victories and press release-worthy counterattacks, building up their in-country manufacturing capacity so they can produce their own weapons and ammo, and making it more likely that Russia will likewise be tied up indefinitely, having to invest more and more resources for every square foot it takes and occupies.The degree to which this will work has been questioned, and Russia has shown itself to be more than capable of striking targets well beyond the front lines, so anything Ukraine builds, especially in terms of military manufacturing capacity, would likely be targeted before it could come online.In Russia, anti-government sentiment was recently inflamed by the seeming killing of anti-Putin crusader Aleksei Navalny, who was previously reportedly poisoned by the Russian government, before returning to the country, being put in a prison camp, and then apparently killed—though the nature of his death and treatment of his body, family, and supporters after the event has left this sequence of events as much of a puzzle as the deaths of the other people who have run afoul of the Kremlin and then mysteriously died of poisons, by falling out of windows, and so on—the specifics are in question, but most experts assume these deaths were ordered by Putin or one of his people.The degree to which this will matter, how much this renewed support of anti-Putin people and causes will impact anything in a country that's pretty well locked down in Putin's favor at this point, is a big question mark right now.But it is a wildcard that could go on to influence this larger conflict, and the eventual state of this part of the world when it finally ends, whenever that happens to be.Though at this point, knowing what we know now, publicly, it seems likely to persist for at least another year, and maybe a lot longer than that.Show 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Monatelang hatten im Februar 2014 Ukrainerinnen und Ukrainer für mehr Demokratie demonstriert. Dann wurde auf sie geschossen. Wie das Ereignis bis heute nachwirkt.
To mark the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Moscow's ongoing campaign to seize more territory, Meduza sat down with the author of The War Came To Us: Life and Death in Ukraine, Christopher Miller, the Ukraine correspondent for The Financial Times and a foremost journalist covering the country who was there on the ground when the first Russian missiles struck and troops stormed over the border. In the book, Miller recounts how his life became intertwined with Ukraine and then Russia's brutal invasion. Find The War Came To Us at Amazon and wherever books are sold. Timestamps for this episode: (3:03) How did you decide which stories to include in the book? (11:18) When did you realize you were witnessing world history, and what did it feel like? (16:53) What kind of people have been on the ground working as journalists during the most pivotal moments of Ukraine's Maidan Revolution and the fight against the Russian invasion? (23:08) How has the war changed the nature and critical spirit of journalism in Ukraine? (32:01) What would you say to potential international readers experiencing war fatigue who hesitate to pick up a book about Ukraine?Как поддержать нашу редакцию — даже если вы в России и вам очень страшно
S4E0 What made four total strangers connect in those first few paralysing months of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine? This season, Ukrainian Spaces embarks on a personal odyssey through defining moments in Ukrainian history with Val, Maksym, Stas and Marichka. From the haunting aftermath of Chernobyl to the spirit of resistance ignited by the Maidan Revolution, we explore how the past shapes the present and what unites us as Ukrainians in the face of unimaginable challenges. DISCLAIMER: This is a public release. Our Patreon family gets newest episodes several weeks ahead of the rest. Sign up and listen as the season's story unfolds. Ukrainian Spaces is more than a podcast; it's a movement. It's about reclaiming the narrative, breaking free from outdated stereotypes, and understanding the complex roots of Ukraine's present and future. Together, we can unravel the threads of Ukrainian history and witness the unwavering spirit of a nation fighting for its future. Follow Ukrainian Spaces on social media for updates and exclusive content. SUPPORT: #UkrainianSpaces is a 100% independent, volunteer, and listener-supported initiative. Please ensure we can amplify more Ukrainian voices and decolonize more Ukraine conversations — become our Patreon sponsor or bring a friend if you already are (a free trial is available.) GET FEATURED: send us a voicemail GET CONNECTED: ukrainianspaces.com _ Twitter _Instagram_ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukrainianspaces/message
Vor 10 Jahren hat sich die Ukraine entschieden, in Richtung EU zu gehen. Bis heute wirkt die Maidan-Revolution nach. Auch in Form des aktuellen Krieges? Und: Die Deutsche Islamkonferenz lädt zum Dialog ein. Kann sie auch Dialog erzeugen? (16:23)Sandra SchulzDirekter Link zur Audiodatei
Vor 10 Jahren hat sich die Ukraine entschieden, in Richtung EU zu gehen. Bis heute wirkt die Maidan-Revolution nach. Auch in Form des aktuellen Krieges? Und: Die Deutsche Islamkonferenz lädt zum Dialog ein. Kann sie auch Dialog erzeugen? (16:23)Sandra SchulzDirekter Link zur Audiodatei
Nicholas E. Denysenko is Emil and Elfriede Jochum Professor and Chair at Valparaiso University. He is the author of The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation (2018) and most recently of The Church's Unholy War: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine and Orthodoxy (Cascade, 2023) and This Is the Day That the Lord Has Made: The Liturgical Year in Orthodoxy (Cascade, 2023). *Apologies for the sound feedback on this episode. PODCAST LINKS: The Church's Unholy War: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666748154/the-churchs-unholy-war/ Prof. Denysenko's Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicholasDenyse1 Prof. Denysenko's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-denysenko-03869811/ Prof. Denysenko's academia.edu page: https://valpo.academia.edu/NicholasDenysenko CONNECT: Website: https://wipfandstock.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstock Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/ SOURCES MENTIONED: Denysenko, Nicholas. The Church's Unholy War: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine and Orthodoxy. ———. The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation. ———. This Is the Day That the Lord Has Made: The Liturgical Year in Orthodoxy. OUTLINE: (01:32) – From liturgical theology to Ukrainian (and Russian) church history (06:32) – Personal experiences of Ukraine (07:40) – Roundtable: Alexander Schmemann, Maria Skobtsova, Nicholas Afanasiev (14:24) – Who's involved: the Orthodox churches in Ukraine and Russia (29:02) – Patriarchs Filaret, Bartholomew, and Kirill (46:27) – Metropolitans Onufriy and Epiphaniy (01:02:42) – The Maidan Revolution of Dignity and the creation of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine (01:08:56) – Why the Russian Orthodox Church justifies the war in Ukraine (01:16:09) – Responses to the war from other Orthodox around the globe (01:19:38) – What's next for the global Orthodox churches (01:24:02) – What's next for Prof. Denysenko
In this eye-opening interview, Jeremy Ryan Slate sits down with Jen Briney, host of The Congressional Dish podcast, to delve into the complexities of the Ukraine conflict. They discuss the role of corruption, both domestic and international, in perpetuating the crisis, and how the media's biased reporting has further muddied the waters. Jen provides a detailed account of the events leading up to the conflict, shedding light on the hidden agenda behind the regime change in Ukraine and the subsequent Russian intervention. She emphasizes the need for Americans to take control of their own Congress by electing independent representatives who prioritize the interests of the people over corporate influence. As they explore potential solutions, they also touch upon the importance of banning stock ownership by members of Congress and reducing polarization in media. This thought-provoking conversation offers a fresh perspective on the Ukraine conflict and encourages viewers to seek alternative sources of information to gain a deeper understanding of global events. Find out more about Jen at: Website: https://congressionaldish.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-briney-7022a6104/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CongressionalDish/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/congressionaldish Twitter: https://twitter.com/JenBriney YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CongressionalDishPodcast Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/congressional-dish/id572967793?mt=2 Check out our YouTube Channel: Jeremyryanslatebiz See the Show Notes: https://www.jeremyryanslate.com/1125 You may watch the FULL Video Episode also via my Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/c/JeremyRyanSlate
In this eye-opening interview, Jeremy Ryan Slate sits down with Jen Briney, host of The Congressional Dish podcast, to delve into the complexities of the Ukraine conflict. They discuss the role of corruption, both domestic and international, in perpetuating the crisis, and how the media's biased reporting has further muddied the waters. Jen provides a detailed account of the events leading up to the conflict, shedding light on the hidden agenda behind the regime change in Ukraine and the subsequent Russian intervention. She emphasizes the need for Americans to take control of their own Congress by electing independent representatives who prioritize the interests of the people over corporate influence. As they explore potential solutions, they also touch upon the importance of banning stock ownership by members of Congress and reducing polarization in media. This thought-provoking conversation offers a fresh perspective on the Ukraine conflict and encourages viewers to seek alternative sources of information to gain a deeper understanding of global events. Find out more about Jen at: Website: https://congressionaldish.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-briney-7022a6104/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CongressionalDish/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/congressionaldish Twitter: https://twitter.com/JenBriney YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CongressionalDishPodcast Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/congressional-dish/id572967793?mt=2 Check out our YouTube Channel: Jeremyryanslatebiz See the Show Notes: https://www.jeremyryanslate.com/1125 You may watch the FULL Video Episode also via my Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/c/JeremyRyanSlate
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com(Overtime segment available to paid subscribers below the paywall.)1:23 Almut's work as a feminist activist in the former Soviet Union 11:53 How economic anxiety helped tear Ukraine apart 23:12 The very complex coalition behind the Maidan Revolution 30:24 Could wiser European Union policy have averted the Russia-Ukraine conflict? 37:11 Queer feminists and the ultra-right in Ukraine 48:20 The nature of Ukrainian nationalism 59:12 Heading into OvertimeRobert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Almut Rochowanski (https://discomfortzone.substack.com/). Recorded September 12, 2023.Twitter: https://twitter.com/NonzeroPods
Almut's work as a feminist activist in the former Soviet Union ... How economic anxiety helped tear Ukraine apart ... The very complex coalition behind the Maidan Revolution ... Could wiser European Union policy have averted the Russia-Ukraine conflict? ... Queer feminists and the ultra-right in Ukraine ... The nature of Ukrainian nationalism ... Heading into Overtime ...
Almut's work as a feminist activist in the former Soviet Union ... How economic anxiety helped tear Ukraine apart ... The very complex coalition behind the Maidan Revolution ... Could wiser European Union policy have averted the Russia-Ukraine conflict? ... Queer feminists and the ultra-right in Ukraine ... The nature of Ukrainian nationalism ... Heading into Overtime ...
Ukrainians often mention that the ongoing genocide did not start in 2022 but rather has been a slow-burning event since the 2014 Maidan Revolution. Everything that has happened since then is about Russia punishing Ukraine for wanting to be free. If the world did understand the revolution and heard Ukrainians 9 years ago, then maybe we wouldn't be dealing with this catastrophe today. A while ago, we started treating our Patreon family with exclusive #UkrainianSpaces bonus episodes during which our team (Valeriia, Maksym, Solomiya, and Tetyana) answers the questions from our Patreon community. Now, we are releasing some of them to the public while working on a new season. Also: SUPPORT: #UkrainianSpaces is a 100% independent, volunteer, and listener-supported initiative. Please ensure we can amplify more Ukrainian voices and decolonize more Ukraine conversations — become our Patreon sponsor or bring a friend if you already are (a free trial is available.) GET FEATURED: send us a voicemail GET CONNECTED: ukrainianspaces.com _ Twitter _Instagram_. Val's Twitter and Insta and TikTok. Maksym's Twitter and Insta and TikTok --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukrainianspaces/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukrainianspaces/support
Thomas Cromwell, author of "Why Ukraine Must Win," gave a discussion about his book at The Institute of World Politics on September 5, 2023. Thank you to our sponsors who made this event possible: Jennifer London Malcolm McNaughton Kirk Vazal John Czop About the speaker: Mr. Thomas Cromwell is a native of England who spent 25 years in the Middle East before settling near Washington, DC. As publisher and editor of the Middle East Times for 18 years, he spent long periods in Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus, Greece and Turkey. He has traveled to Communist countries for first-hand experience of life under totalitarianism, and visited 130 countries altogether. He worked in Ukraine before the Maidan Revolution. He is the author of several books that examine patterns of human behavior in history based on the interplay of religion, politics and ideology. ***Learn more about IWP graduate programs: https://www.iwp.edu/academic-programs/ ***Make a gift to IWP: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E231090&id=18
Why Bob invited Russians with Attitude onto the Nonzero Podcast ... Why do Kirill and Nikolay support Russia's invasion of Ukraine? ... Shortcomings of US mainstream media in covering Russia ... The roots of the Donbass rebellion ... Parallels between the Maidan Revolution and the Donbass rebellion ... What was Putin's main reason for invading? ... Is Russia systematically committing war crimes? ... Final thoughts from Nikolay and Kirill before heading into Overtime ...
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.comRWA Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RussiansWith... RWA podcast episodes: https://www.patreon.com/rwapodcast 01:10 Why Bob invited Russians with Attitude onto the Nonzero Podcast 7:30 Why do Kirill and Nikolay support Russia's invasion of Ukraine? 15:23 Shortcomings of US mainstream media in covering Russia 25:40 The roots of the Donbass rebellion 37:33 Parallels between the Maidan Revolution and the Donbass rebellion 49:05 What was Putin's main reason for invading? 1:00:53 Is Russia systematically committing war crimes? 1:14:23 Final thoughts from Nikolay and Kirill before heading into Overtime 1:22:23 What was the Prigozhin mutiny really about? 1:29:50 The chances of an imminent ceasefire 1:37:06 How do Nikolay and Kirill self-identify ideologically? 1:44:47 The extent of Russian government repression of dissidents 2:01:14 America's missed opportunity to bolster global peace and prosperityRobert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Nikolay and Kirill (Russians with Attitude). Recorded July 5, 2023.
Why Bob invited Russians with Attitude onto the Nonzero Podcast ... Why do Kirill and Nikolay support Russia's invasion of Ukraine? ... Shortcomings of US mainstream media in covering Russia ... The roots of the Donbass rebellion ... Parallels between the Maidan Revolution and the Donbass rebellion ... What was Putin's main reason for invading? ... Is Russia systematically committing war crimes? ... Final thoughts from Nikolay and Kirill before heading into Overtime ...
Oleg Magdych and his wife Oksana have been on the Frontlines of Faith for their entire adult lives. As a pastor, Oleg risked everything to stand up to the Russian Regime during the 2nd Maidan Revolution, leading the Prayer Initiative that included millions. He stood arm in arm with faith leaders from across Ukraine and […] The post The Firefight and the Light of Love, Pt. 2 appeared first on Compassionradio.com.
Oleg Magdych and his wife Oksana have been on the Frontlines of Faith for their entire adult lives. As a pastor, Oleg risked everything to stand up to the Russian Regime during the 2nd Maidan Revolution, leading the Prayer Initiative that included millions. He stood arm in arm with faith leaders from across Ukraine and […] The post The Firefight and the Light of Love, Pt. 1 appeared first on Compassionradio.com.
PLEAE LIKE AND SHARE. The Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC.org) presents our April 27, 2023 conversation with Deputy Director of the State Department Office of Russia Affairs Liz Zentos about the view from Foggy Bottom as part of our special series, "In Focus: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine." Watch this important conversation about U.S.-Russia relations, diplomatic activity during the months ahead of invasion, policy objectives, Vladimir Putin and his designs on Ukraine and the impact of dealing with an accused war criminal, China's role, detained Americans in Russia, cooperation among allies, the damage to the international rules based order and more. Liz Zentos Deputy Director of the Office of Russian Affairs at the U.S. State Department Liz Zentos is currently the Deputy Director of the Office of Russian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. From 2020 to 2021, she served as the Deputy Political Counselor at U.S. Embassy Kabul. Prior to that, she served as Political and Economic Affairs Chief at U.S. Embassy Tbilisi from 2018 to 2020 and as External Affairs Chief at U.S. Embassy Moscow from 2017 to 2018, when the Russian government declared her persona non grata. From 2015 to 2016, Liz served as the Director for Eastern Europe at the U.S. National Security Council, where she covered Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, and the OSCE. From 2012 to 2014, she served as Political Military Chief at U.S. Embassy Kyiv, where she covered Ukraine's Maidan Revolution, Russia's attempted annexation of Crimea, and Russia's first invasion of eastern Ukraine. Other previous assignments include Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for International Security and Arms Control, Ukraine Desk Officer, and Information Officer in Yerevan, Armenia. Liz speaks Russian and has a Bachelor's Degree in International Affairs from George Washington University.
We discuss a resurfaced C-Span video of Senator Chris Murphy commenting on Ukraine's 2014 Maidan Revolution where he sounds alot like 2022 "Far-Right Conspiracy Theorists". We also discuss Tucker's firing from Fox News, and if it really is a nefarious play to silence him for the next 18 months. If you are looking for a premium cigar from Nicaragua go to mypatriotcigars.com and use our Promo Code: DOOMED for 15% off your purchase.Support the showGo to Linktree.com/TwoDoomedMen for all our socials where we continue the conversation in between episodes.
In der sechsten Folge von DATUM Fernsprecher widmet sich Klaus Stimeder den Medien in der Ukraine. Wie haben sie sich durch die Maidan-Revolution und den Angriff Russlands verändert? Wie erleben sie trotz widriger Umstände die Pflicht und die Freiheit, zu publizieren und zu kritisieren?
Oleg Magdych and his wife Oksana have been on the Frontlines of Faith for their entire adult lives. As a pastor, Oleg risked everything to stand up to the Russian Regime during the 2nd Maidan Revolution, leading the Prayer Initiative that included millions. He stood arm in arm with faith leaders from across Ukraine and […] The post The Firefight and the Light of Love, Pt. 2 appeared first on Compassionradio.com.
Oleg Magdych and his wife Oksana have been on the Frontlines of Faith for their entire adult lives. As a pastor, Oleg risked everything to stand up to the Russian Regime during the 2nd Maidan Revolution, leading the Prayer Initiative that included millions. He stood arm in arm with faith leaders from across Ukraine and […] The post The Firefight and the Light of Love, Pt. 1 appeared first on Compassionradio.com.
Guests featured in this episode:Sergei Guriev, Provost of Sciences Po in Paris. He's professor of economics there following an outstanding academic career at the New Economic School in Moscow. He was its Rector until 2013 when he was forced by political circumstances to leave Russia. Between 2016 and 2019, Sergei served as the chief economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. And he has held visiting professorships at MIT, Princeton. And in 2006, he was selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.His very broad research interests span various areas of political economics, developmental economics, labor mobility, corporate governance and contract theory. And besides numerous academic publications, he also writes for "The New York Times," "Financial Times," "Washington Post," and "Project Syndicate." His latest book, "Spin Dictators," written together with Daniel Treisman, is a fascinating account of the changing character of authoritarian politics. GlossaryWhat is China's “zero-COVID” policy?(23:25 or p.6 in the transcript)COVID-19, a highly contagious respiratory illness, was first detected in Wuhan, China, in 2019 and rapidly spread throughout the country and the world, giving rise to a multiyear pandemic that resulted in millions of deaths worldwide. In efforts to keep the disease from spreading, China implemented strict “zero-COVID” policies aimed at keeping the number of cases as close to zero as possible through measures including strict lockdowns, quarantines, and mass testing. As a result, infection cases and deaths were relatively lower in China compared with other wealthy countries. Despite residents' initial support of government policies and China's early success in containing the spread of the disease, many grew frustrated as the restrictions became harsher and longer due to an increased number of cases resulting from highly transmissible variants. Repeated lockdowns and testing disrupted residents' daily life and travel across the country. Some parts of China, such as Yining and Guiyang, experienced shortages of food and other essential items. The zero-COVID policies were eased in December 2022 following a rare protest by thousands of Chinese residents demanding that the government end the harsh policies, some even calling for the resignation of Xi Jinping. sourceWhat was the 2014 illegal annexation of Crimea?(25:10 or p.7 in the transcript)Almost immediately after the 2014 Maidan Revolution in Ukraine ended, armed men began occupying key facilities and checkpoints on the Crimean Peninsula. They wore Russian combat fatigues but with no identifying insignia. President Vladimir Putin at first flatly denied these were Russian soldiers, only to later admit that they were and award commendations to their commanders. The sizeable Ukrainian military presence in Crimea stayed in garrison. If shooting began, Kyiv wanted the world to see the Russians fire first. Ukraine's Western partners urged Kyiv not to take precipitate action. Since many enlisted personnel in the Ukrainian ranks came from Crimea, Ukrainian commanders probably had less than full confidence in the reliability of their troops. By early March, Russian troops had secured the entire peninsula. On March 6, the Crimean Supreme Council voted to ask to accede to Russia. The council scheduled a referendum for March 16, which offered two choices: join Russia or return to Crimea's 1992 constitution, which gave the peninsula significant autonomy. Those who favoured Crimea remaining part of Ukraine under the current constitution had no box to check. The conduct of the referendum proved chaotic and took place absent any credible international observers. Local authorities reported a turnout of 83 percent, with 96.7 percent voting to join Russia. The numbers seemed implausible, given that ethnic Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars accounted for almost 40 percent of the peninsula's population. (Two months later, a leaked report from the Russian president's Human Rights Council put turnout at only 30 percent, with about half of those voting to join Russia.) On March 18, Crimean and Russian officials signed the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Crimea to Russia. Putin ratified the treaty three days later. source Democracy in Question? is brought to you by:• Central European University: CEU• The Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy in Geneva: AHCD• The Podcast Company: Novel Follow us on social media!• Central European University: @CEU• Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy in Geneva: @AHDCentreSubscribe to the show. If you enjoyed what you listened to, you can support us by leaving a review and sharing our podcast in your networks!
Film can serve as an agent of change. It shares stories, amplifies voices, and draws attention to our world's most pressing issues. Today, all eyes are on Ukraine's fight for freedom and peace--which they have fought for since their declaration of independence in 1991. In partnership with the Cleveland International Film Festival, the City Club will be joined by two renowned directors whose frontline films redefine wartime documentaries.rnrnDirected by Lesya Kalynska, "A Rising Fury" was filmed over nearly a decade and begins with 2014's Maidan Revolution. It captured a portrait of resistance in Ukraine during the years before and right up to the 2022 Russian invasion. The film provides an intense look at the intimate tactics taken by Russian forces to infiltrate Ukraine and make possible the devastating invasions to come.rnrnEvgeny Afineevsky's "Freedom on Fire" is narrated by Helen Mirren, and follows the war in Ukraine from a ground-level view. Focusing largely on the experiences of average citizens, including mothers, volunteers, and journalists, the documentary portrays life as Ukrainians lived during the 2022 invasion and the fraught years leading up to it.rnrnJoin these two directors at the City Club as we learn more about the challenges of filming a war documentary, and what it took to share ground-level accounts of Ukraine's ongoing fight for survival and independence.
Oleg Magdych and his wife Oksana have been on the Frontlines of Faith for their entire adult lives. As a pastor, Oleg risked everything to stand up to the Russian Regime during the 2nd Maidan Revolution, leading the Prayer Initiative that included millions. He stood arm in arm with faith leaders from across Ukraine and […] The post The Firefight and the Light of Love, Pt. 2 appeared first on Compassionradio.com.
Oleg Magdych and his wife Oksana have been on the Frontlines of Faith for their entire adult lives. As a pastor, Oleg risked everything to stand up to the Russian Regime during the 2nd Maidan Revolution, leading the Prayer Initiative that included millions. He stood arm in arm with faith leaders from across Ukraine and […] The post The Firefight and the Light of Love, Pt. 1 appeared first on Compassionradio.com.
Subscribe to The Parrot Room at https://patreon.com/parrotroom0:00 Washington Post highlights a cost of US hypocrisy 6:54 Will China push for peace—or fund Russia's war effort (or both)? 17:49 Can Trump use Biden's support for Ukraine against him? 28:42 Russia's offensive, Ukraine's rope-a-dope 37:59 Bob's evolving view of America's role in the Maidan Revolution 44:43 The US vows to back Israel if it attacks Iran 47:32 Parrot Room preview: AI updates; Republicans and Social Security; How Blobbish is Fiona Hill?; Carlos Watson arrested Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Mickey Kaus (kausfiles, The End of Equality). Recorded February 23, 2023. Comments on BhTV: http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/65731 Twitter: https://twitter.com/NonzeroPods Facebook: https://facebook.com/bloggingheads/ Podcasts: https://bloggingheads.tv/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nonzero.substack.com/subscribe
Washington Post highlights a cost of US hypocrisy ... Will China push for peace—or fund Russia's war effort (or both)? ... Can Trump use Biden's support for Ukraine against him? ... Russia's offensive, Ukraine's rope-a-dope ... Bob's evolving view of America's role in the Maidan Revolution ... The US vows to back Israel if it attacks Iran ... Parrot Room preview: AI updates; Republicans and Social Security; How Blobbish is Fiona Hill?; Carlos Watson arrested ...
Washington Post highlights a cost of US hypocrisy ... Will China push for peace—or fund Russia's war effort (or both)? ... Can Trump use Biden's support for Ukraine against him? ... Russia's offensive, Ukraine's rope-a-dope ... Bob's evolving view of America's role in the Maidan Revolution ... The US vows to back Israel if it attacks Iran ... Parrot Room preview: AI updates; Republicans and Social Security; How Blobbish is Fiona Hill?; Carlos Watson arrested ...
Biden and Putin made speeches just hours apart on the Ukraine Russia war. Biden, on a clandestine visit to Ukraine, declared indefinite financial support to Ukraine's war with Russia. Russia at the same time not only denounced denounced America but left a nuclear treaty. #russia #ukraine #biden Academic study on Ukranian revolution (false flag): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2658245 BBC video saying Ukranian revolution pretext could be false flag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib7EkJD08e4 DIRECT DONATION LINK (See your comment appear live): https://streamlabs.com/johnnymassacre
Photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind and writer Alisa Sopova create intimate, accessible portraits of Ukrainian civilians living close to the frontlines of the Russian invasion. Sometimes their subjects are picnicking in a park or tending a garden. Other times, they're repairing a ceiling damaged by shelling or waiting for departure on an evacuation train. Anastasia and Alisa have been working together in Ukraine since the Maidan Revolution, also known as the “Revolution of Dignity” in 2014. And over the years, they've returned to visit the same families, witnessing how the war touches men, women, and children over time. An exhibition of their work in Ukraine is showing at the Imperial War Museum in London from February 3 through May 8, 2023. Independent Projects5K From the Frontline (ongoing)Welcome to DonetskInternational media work:NPR: The Ukraine war isn't new. These intimate photos show 3 families enduring it for yearsThe New Humanitarian: How seven years of war and COVID-19 split Ukraine in twoThe New York Times: Opinion: Where There Are Fish in the Tap Water and Women's Uteruses Fall OutTime Magazine: The Strange Unreality of Life During Eastern Ukraine's Forgotten WarMaking Peace Visible is hosted by Jamil Simon and produced by Andrea Muraskin. The associate producer is Faith McClure. The podcast is a project of War Stories Peace Stories. Follow us on Twitter @warstoriespeace.Support our work with a tax-deductible donation.
This is an unusual issue of the newsletter, and it's about an unusual conversation I taped yesterday. Normally I don't send out an issue of NZN for each podcast I post, but I think this is a particularly important conversation—and also a complicated conversation, one that can benefit from a preface. The conversation will go public next week and is available to paid NZN subscribers, like you, now—via this issue of the newsletter (video below, audio above) but also via the Nonzero feed on your podcast app (assuming you've set up the special paid subscriber version of that feed in your podcast app; if you haven't, just click “Listen on” in the upper right corner of this post and follow the instructions).The conversation is with Ivan Katchanovski, a political scientist who grew up in Ukraine, came to the US to do graduate work, and now teaches in Canada, at the University of Ottawa. He is frustrated with the way western media is covering the war in Ukraine and with the way western media depicts Ukraine more broadly—including the decade of turmoil that preceded the war.One thing that impresses me about Katchanovski is his capacity for cognitive empathy. He grew up in western Ukraine, speaking Ukrainian, but he is attentive to perspectives in the eastern part of the country, where many people grew up speaking Russian and no few of them are considered “ethnically Russian”. In fact, he has done research on the attitudes of eastern Ukrainians—which leads to one of his frustrations with western coverage of Ukraine. The standard western narrative about the path toward conflict in Ukraine depicts the pivotal events of 2014 roughly like this: Peaceful protests against the policies of a pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, morphed into revolution—the “Maidan Revolution” or “Revolution of Dignity”—and after the president stepped down Putin responded by seizing Crimea and supporting separatists in the Donbas. This is more or less accurate in so far as it goes. But Katchanovski would like to add a couple of things, the second of which would constitute a radical amendment to the standard narrative: 1. The Maidan revolution made the ground in eastern and southern Ukraine much more fertile for Russian intervention. The overthrow of a democratically elected president who had strong support in the Donbas and Crimea made many people in those areas more supportive of some kind of separation from the rest of Ukraine—more supportive of Russia's annexation of Crimea and more supportive of the separatist movement in the Donbas that Putin would within months be aggressively aiding. (Katchanovski suggests that if the various Obama administration officials who were happy about the overthrow of Yanukovych had done their homework, they would have anticipated this effect on public opinion and perhaps been more ambivalent about regime change.) 2. The “Maidan massacre”—which is depicted in the standard narrative as the murder of dozens of protesters by riot police, and which put massive international pressure on Yanukovych to step down — wasn't what it seemed. Katchanovski, after extensive research on how the revolution unfolded, has concluded that the massacre wasn't in fact perpetrated by police, but rather by far right militants who supported the protests (but whom most of the protesters didn't support, as most of the protesters weren't far right). He says the snipers who killed the protesters were in buildings controlled by far right groups, not by the government.In other words, Katchanovski contends that the killing of the protesters was a “false flag” operation—conducted in the hope that the Yanukovych regime would be blamed and would then be removed from power. Which is what happened.I'm not conversant enough in the evidence to say whether Katchanovski is right, but one thing I can say is that he's assembled a lot of evidence. You can find some of his writings on the subject here and here, and relevant videos he's assembled here. (He says his most recent paper on the subject was accepted by an academic journal but then rejected, a change of heart he suspects reflects political pressure.) I can also say that Katchanovski struck me as sincere and credible. But see what you think. I should add that he has a strong accent, speaks fairly fast, and is not averse to the occasional tangent. But I think if you stick with the conversation until the end, your perspective on the war in Ukraine, and your understanding of Ukraine itself, will be significantly broadened. 00:00 Ivan's Ukrainian upbringing and academic background5:08 Where did pro-Russian sentiment in eastern Ukraine come from? 16:19 Why Ivan worried Ukraine's 2014 revolution would lead to civil war 33:09 Did Europe impede resolution of Russia-Ukraine tensions? 49:25 What western media gets wrong about the Maidan revolution 59:49 Was the Maidan massacre a false flag operation? 1:15:29 The state of Ukrainian democracy after the Maidan revolution 1:33:07 The political forces that impeded Zelensky's peace plan Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Ivan Katchanovski (The University of Ottawa, Historical Dictionary of Ukraine). Recorded January 18, 2023. Comments on BhTV: http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/65579 Twitter: https://twitter.com/NonzeroPods Facebook: https://facebook.com/bloggingheads/ Podcasts: https://bloggingheads.tv/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nonzero.substack.com/subscribe
And now for some more Fatal Conceits…“Let me take this opportunity to antagonize those of our listeners that I haven't already antagonized…”There are some people who go out of their way to appease others, to say what they think the majority wants to hear, to mollycoddle their audience and make nice with anyone they meet so as not to ruffle any feathers. Doug Casey is not that person. Whether on the prospect of civil war at home… “It seems that Americans have broken into two groups; the red people and the blue people. And they don't like each other. In fact, they actually hate each other.”The war in eastern Europe… “A border conflict between two sh!thole countries…”Central banking…“An idiotic institution which should be abolished…”College education…“Worthless degrees of indoctrination…”The fate of the US Dollar as the world's reserve currency…“I think that half or three-quarters of the world's countries are going to find alternatives to the dollar and the Swift payment system. And this is going to devastate America.”Western European leaders…“The people running these western European countries are all died-in-the-wool, dogmatic socialists; they're nothing nobodies.”Or discussing what he calls the “Greater Depression,” in which he expects the average American is in “for a very rude awakening”… “You're going to have a lot more people living in their cars and under bridges. This is serious.”Doug doesn't waste time mincing words. Listen in as we discuss all of the above, including what Doug's doing with his own money and practical ways he sees to minimize what's coming down the pike. Thank you for reading Bonner Private Research. This post is public so feel free to share it, especially with the easily offended...We also spoke at length about Doug's novels, the High Ground Series, which he co-writes with Dr. John Hunt. With Speculator, Drug Lord and Assassin behind them, the pair are gearing up for the next (and possibly most provocative) title: Terrorist. Catch up on the series here. We hope you enjoy the conversation…Cheers,Joel BowmanHost of the Fatal Conceits PodcastTRANSCRIPT:Joel Bowman All right, welcome back listener to another episode of the Fatal Conceits podcast, the show about money, markets, mobs and manias. If you haven't already done so, please head over to our substack page. You can find us at bonnerprivateresearch.substack.com.There you'll find hundreds of articles and everything from high finance to lowly politics, plenty of research reports, and of course more conversations just like this under the "Fatal Conceits Podcast" tab at the top of the page.I'm delighted today to welcome to the show, I think for the first time, although we've spoken many times in private and all around the world, my friend Mr. Doug Casey. For those few of you who are not familiar with his work, Doug is the original International Man having written the book on the subject. He writes over at internationalman.com. He is also the author along with John Hunt of "The High Ground" series books including "Speculator," "Drug Lord," and "Assassin" which I hope we get to talk about in due course. And every Friday he has the "Doug Casey's Take" podcast. So, that's another avenue for Doug to vent his many opinions, and we're happy to have him on the show today. Doug, welcome to the Fatal Conceits podcast.Doug Casey It is a pleasure to be here with your Joel. It's unfortunately all too rare to have an intelligent conversation these days. Certainly not with the locals in any area. I think that's one of the problems that a lot of the people that listen to your podcast, and mine, have is that they don't have anybody intelligent locally to talk to, who they can disclose their philosophical and political views to without starting an argument. And I think that's where a lot of our listeners come from.Joel Bowman Yeah, that's a really good place to start, I think. I know that you're holed up stateside at, we'll call it an "undisclosed location" at the moment, but I'm wondering if your current experience is resonant with the last time I spent in the U.S, which was just a couple of months ago. I don't think, after having been back and forth to the United States for twenty years, and having lived there for some years in the interim period, I've experienced a more on edge kind of political climate where everybody, and this is running the gamut of the political spectrum, both on the right and the left, seemed to be just at a hair trigger on any given subject, rushing to be offended in any way possible. Is that similar to your experience at present?Doug Casey Yes, exactly. It seems that Americans have broken into two groups, they red people and the blue people, and they don't like each other. In fact, they actually hate each other. That rant that Biden gave on, I think it was September 1st, where he had a black background with heavy red overlay and the two Marines in the background. All of this is unprecedented for a political speech in the U.S. Especially that red and black background, which is a semi psychotic. And then his speech, which was actually mildly psychotic. By giving a speech, talking about how hateful, and awful, and unpatriotic, and dangerous the MAGA people were, who as far as I can tell, are basically just salt of the earth, middle class people that are disturbed with the direction of the U.S. But the direction of the U.S. is accelerating.And Biden's speech was almost a declaration of civil war and it was very dangerous. Not only not the raid on Trump's house, but then the arrest and perp walking of something like 40 or 50 prominent Republicans for no reason other than they are Republicans. Lots of anecdotal stuff out there. And the hiring of 87,000 new IRS agents. The type of person that will join the IRS voluntarily is the same type that will join the Gestapo. And I am afraid that these new people are going to be used like the Gestapo. I'm sorry, I'm going on Joel, but I'm just...Joel Bowman No. It's very important. I think a lot of these things are kind of rattling around somewhere deep in the craniums of the general population. But I think that it's difficult to put these things to words because, as you said, the actions are so unprecedented and this comes from both sides, no doubt that there are the worst of the body politic expressed at the extremes of both ends.Doug Casey We are approaching genuine civil war actually. And maybe that's not as far off as we might think, because the U.S. has changed radically in my lifetime from a country where people shared a culture. They shared generally a religious orientation, certainly a language, traditions. It was actually a real country. But, now the U.S. has devolved into genuinely a multicultural domestic empire where you have large numbers of migrants from a totally different culture, different language, different traditions, different everything. And yes, the U.S. has always had migrants, Italians, and Irish, and God knows what else. But, the new people are very different. And I think great numbers of them are coming for different reasons than those past immigrants did. There was no welfare in those days of past migrations. But, now migrants come here and they're immediately put on welfare.So, it's actually changing the character of the U.S. where traditions are being washed away, and where individuals are actually all living in bubbles where they're not connected with other warm-blooded people, they're connected with their electronic devices. And there's a recent book that came out by a Belgian professor at the University of Ghent, and I'm normally suspicious of European professors. They're all hardcore leftists, all Marxist. This guy is not, his name is Mattias Desmet. And he points out that we're getting a psychological mass formation, especially in the U.S. but around the world where people, when everything's washed away and people aren't believing in things they used to believe in, they're looking for something new to believe in. And this is very dangerous.This is how the great cultural revolution of China formed similar circumstances. And it could happen here in the U.S. So, I'm quite pessimistic in many ways. And especially since if the U.S, and what's left of the U.S. Constitution is washed away, which it is. It's being interpreted out of existence over many years. There will be nothing left in the world, no place you can run and hide, in other words. This is happening worldwide. Really disturbing.Joel Bowman And you think it does seem, at least since you and I have spoken down here in Argentina about this at great length over many an unhurried lunch, but it does seem in the past few years that this trend is accelerating. Is that kind of your read from the ground there in the U.S?Doug Casey No question about it, because whether or not the Democrats stole the election in 2020 - and I think they did. I don't have any proof of that personally. I don't monitor these things boots on the ground. But yes, I think they did. Although, they accused the Trumpers of having stolen it in 2016 also - But, let's admit it, the people that control the apparatus of the state now in Washington DC, these people are exactly the same psychological profile with the same political beliefs as the Jacobins were in 1793. They're the same damned people, just updated, or for that matter, the Bolsheviks in 1917, which means they're radical, they want to overturn the basic structure of society.They're really very dangerous. And now that they've been in control for two years, they're doing the best they can to overturn traditional America. And, I think, that come to the elections in November, I think they're going to do anything they can to stay in power and not let the Republicans, which are pretty worthless, but they're much better than the Democrats, take control. And so, I'm actually anxious to get back to peaceful and friendly Uruguay and Argentina before the elections. Because, this isn't a prediction, but I think there's a distinct possibility that things could get wild and wooly in this country real quickly around the time of the elections early November.Joel Bowman Yeah. Before we go take a little look around the world at obviously many inflection points and flash points of geopolitical unrest that I'd like to get your take on. It's obviously no secret and you've written extensively about the rise decline of empire. Most recently, I think I saw an article of yours comparing the decline of the American empire to that of the Roman Empire for many reasons, which could probably fill a whole other discussion.But, I'm wondering, if you think that we are in that sort of terminal inexorable decay, and if we're very close to that, what people who are living in the United States, who don't necessarily want to move down to Uruguay where you are, or Argentina, or some other part of the world for any one of a million reasons, they want to stay in the United States, they want to stay and fight for the country that they grew up with, and that they enjoy, and that they love, and to be close to their families. Are there practical things, however small though they may be, that individuals can do to kind of avoid getting caught in the crossfire if indeed the situation does deteriorate to a kind of civil war like episode in history?Doug Casey Yeah. What can you do today? It's kind of reminiscent of Lenin's phrase, "What is to be done?" Which is a little bit different.Joel Bowman The passive voice.Doug Casey Right, exactly. So, what should an American who's concerned at this point do? I'm of the opinion that notwithstanding, or perhaps abetted by, it could be either one, the efforts of our idiotic central bank, which should be abolished, that I think all the markets could melt down. It would be chaos if it happens, because the only thing that would remain is the debt in the country. And, of course, these fools are working now to wash away a lot of the student debt so that the people that have foolishly borrowed a lot of money to get worthless degrees and be indoctrinated. And generally they're the more leftist oriented, because they've been indoctrinated, they're going to get our free ride to go to college so that their incomes will be higher, and the average guy's got to pay for it. But, the problem is, that trillion and a half of debt out there has got to be dealt with.And if the stock market melts down, truly melts down, and I can speculate as to how low it could go, and the bond market melts down, because I think that eventually we're going to see interest rates in the U.S. on government paper, not just at 5% or 10%. It'll go back to the levels it was in the early 1980s, 15 or 20%. At which point it'll just about correspond to inflation. So, you still won't be getting a real return on your money. But, that's where it's going to go. It's going to overthrow the financial fabric of the U.S. And that is, especially with everybody indebted the way they are, their car loans, their mortgage loans, their student loans, their consumer loans. It could be a real upset. You're going to have a lot more people living under bridges, losing their houses. This is serious.Joel Bowman So, I've heard people say, "Look, this happened in the seventies. We had an oil embargo in the seventies. We had the Nixon economic shocks, we had the final severing of the dollar from gold. And it was kind of off to the races since, but we also had 40 year high inflation at the time." And so, for people who map the current situation onto the seventies and arrive at the conclusion that, "It was kind of tough then, but we pulled up our breeches and we managed to model our way through it, and we came out on the other side with this big explosive growth for the next 20, 30, 40 years." What to you is different between now and then? Is it that we have now an exponentially larger debt harness that is strapping us down. And what might be done about that? Short of a jubilee and a sort of hitting the reset button, which is not something, incidentally, that people aren't talking about.Doug Casey Yes, they are talking about it. The big problem with debt is that, other than that some people owe it to some other people, so somebody's going to wind up unhappy if they don't get their money back. But, it's that when you have debt, it means that you're living above your means. That's what high debt means anywhere, somebody's been living above their means. Just as if you have high savings, it means that you've been producing more than you've been consuming, and you've saved the difference. That's how you get wealthy. So, debt is the mirror image of that. And the U.S. has looked good for the last 30, 40 years, because of all this debt. It's like if I went out and I borrowed a million dollars tomorrow morning, I could live really high off the hog, cars, and restaurants, and trips for the next year, or two years, or however long.But, I'd be in a fool's paradise, because after I spent that money, the debt's still there, and my standard living is going to drop by more than it... In other words, debt brings on an artificially high standard living, but then when you pay it back, it brings back a very real lower standard living, because you've got to pay it back with interest. And, of course, the fact that it's being inflated out of existence is even worse, because the only way the bottom of society gets better is by putting aside some dollars and building capital. But, if it's being inflated away faster than you can save it, what you are is you're igniting the fuse on a time bomb. So, it's even worse than this, Joel. Think it can't get any worse. I'll tell you what's worse. It used to be the U.S. was investing all around the world, and people were investing in the U.S, but our main export in the U.S. for 40 years, more than 40 years now, has been not Boeings, and wheat, and manufacturers.Our main export has been dollars. So, now there are tens of trillions of dollars that are outside the U.S. owned by non Americans, that don't have to own those dollars. And when they get scared enough of those dollars, they will dump them. And when they can't dump them to each other anymore at lower values, those dollars will come back to the U.S. where they'll buy stuff that Americans now own. Like titles to stocks and real estate and so forth. So, the average American is in for a very rude awakening in the next few years. Our main export is now dollars, it's paper. And we're going to have lots of foreigners that are not going to want to get stuck holding dollars, because it's the only currency that's worth holding that's liquid. And when that falls apart, this whole problem is going to go international.Joel Bowman Right.Doug Casey Am I being gloomy enough?Joel Bowman No.Doug Casey I can get more gloomy.Joel Bowman We can probably get gloomier. Let's broaden the horizons a little bit, segueing from debt and civil war to the internationalization of both. And as you were speaking just then about the ebb and flow of these dollars, which have been spirited off around the world to bag holders in Russia for example, or in China, or in other countries that have kept their Forex reserves, or some portion thereof, in dollars. Many of those countries are now finding themselves on the other end of dollar weaponization since the beginning of the conflict in the Eurasian steppe early in this year. Just to back up a little bit for some context, were you first of all surprised that Mr. Putin would respond contra NATO's advancement as he did? Is that your read on it? And afterwards we can get into what the relevant sanctions on Russia and its allies have wrought for days and months to come?Doug Casey Let me take this opportunity to antagonize those of our listeners that I haven't already antagonized by saying that if you were a martian looking at the situation today, I think you'd have to support Russia, not the Ukraine. Which is one of the world's most corrupt countries. In fact, I don't call it Ukraine, it used to always be called "The Ukraine," which means borderland. It's always been an area, it's never been a country actually, until Lenin made it a country after the Russian Revolution. But, I call it "The Ukraine," even though most people now call it Ukraine. So, what am I saying here? It's that I think it was a mistake, a real error for Putin to invade The Ukraine. It's a pity he did that. But, he was massively provoked where he almost had no alternative. What we have here is what amounts to a border war between two shithole countries.That's what it amounts to. And this is an area of the world that's had border wars where the colors of the map on the wall have been flowing for the last 1,000 years. And this is just a continuation of that. So, there's absolutely zero reason for the U.S. or western Europe to get involved in a border war between two nothing nowhere countries. But, they can't leave well enough alone. And Putin was provoked, because after the 2014 Maidan Revolution, a Russian puppet was replaced by a U.S. puppet, and now a very aggressive and dangerous and stupid U.S. puppet in the form of Zelenskyy. People don't realize that Crimea has always been part of Russia, or always, nothing's always, but for the last 300 years has been part of Russia. And it only became part of the Ukraine when, for totally domestic political reasons, and when he was drunk, which he often was, Khrushchev gave it to the Ukrainian SSR.Now Russia wants it back for lots of perfectly good reasons. And the average American doesn't realize that starting with 2014, the Ukrainian Army, which has been trained by NATO, attacked those two provinces, the Donbas, which are full of Russians, which seceded from the Ukraine. So yeah, Putin had plenty of reasons to attack the Ukraine, but he didn't want to destroy the country. He just wanted those two things back. It's reasonable enough, and show the Ukraine cannot become part of NATO, which was a violation of things that were agreed on before. But, this could get truly out of control at this point. It's taken on a life of its own where I think the Russians realize that we have to destroy the Ukrainian Army, and now what are the Americans going to do?Joel Bowman Yeah, it does seem like an escalating game of chicken, where neither a side is willing to lose face, even though both sides have probably made some regrettable errors, which they certainly wouldn't admit in their own respective, though non-respectable media outlets. The propaganda on one side and on the other side. But, were you taken aback at all by the weight of the sanctions from NATO and her allies? In particular I'm talking about the seizing of private citizens property, the weaponization of the U.S. dollar in the forms of confiscated or suspended reserves, which may eventually result in a bifurcation of the global financial payment system into SWIFT and whatever other non SWIFT entity comes to take the other side of the ledger there.Doug Casey These Jacobins that control the west government are really quite stupid on a basic level. Stupidity has several definitions. But, one definition is, it's not just the inability to determine the immediate and direct consequences of what you do, but the indirect and delayed consequences of what you do. And stealing the assets of Russian citizens, whether they're good guys or bad guys or not. Sure, most of the oligarch are bad guys, I suppose, but that's not an excuse if you believe in the rule of law to steal a country's assets, and that of its private citizens. This is incredibly provocative. They're just asking for trouble. And if you back the Russians into a corner, I don't know where it's going to end. And in an addition, like you said Joel, now the Chinese, and the Indians, and other countries are saying, "You know what, these Americans are totally unreliable. They're destroying their currency, their banking system is unreliable. We can't be so stupid that we have to continue you using the SWIFT system where we have to trade in dollars that all go through New York, which is dangerous."So yeah, I think that half of the world's countries, or more, three quarters of the world's countries, are going to find alternatives to the dollar, and to the SWIFT system, and using American banks, and this is going to devastate America. Of course, just like natural gas supplies being cut off are going to devastate Europe. I don't know. Or is this natural gas going to start flowing magic? I don't think it will. I think there's going to be some cold Europeans. And, of course, natural gas is important for the manufacturer of fertilizer. And it's not just that, but it's potash and phosphorus have been cut off. And you're going to have some cold and hungry people in poor countries. This is the start of something big here. This is equivalent to the start of World War III.Joel Bowman Yeah, as we saw, it was food protests in the form, I think, of self immolation of a man in Tunisia that kicked off that the whole Arab spring. It's one thing to have a slight delay on your iGadget for a week, but when you can't feed your family and when the price of grains, or fertilizers, or fuel to heat your home goes beyond reach, then desperate people do desperate things. And I think that can have a kind of cascading effect.Incidentally, I think it probably bears mentioning that there is so much nuance that really needs to be sorted through in these highly complex geopolitical questions, that I think as you started off the conversation by addressing, just seems to be beyond the general conversational capabilities of most people to have that discussion and not have their heads explode with some kind of reactionary madness.But, it is possible to believe, for example, that Mr. Putin might be an whatever monster, whatever pejorative we choose to invoke, and also believe that the NATO powers have been provocative, and stupid, and shot themself in the foot. Those two things can coexist. It doesn't need to be one guy in the devil's horns and another riding in on a white horse...Doug Casey You're absolutely right, Joel. Because, the people that are running all these western European countries, they're all dyed in the wool, dogmatic socialists. They're nothing nobody's that have somehow gotten elevated to the point where they can boss around all of their countrymen. And I would actually say that if you compare what Putin has done since he took over Russia, he's reduced the national income tax rate to, what is it, 10 or 13%, about the lowest on the continent. So, that's a positive thing. He's actually done a lot of things. It's not like it's been a free market revolution in Russia, but under Putin, the place is just vastly improved and vastly better than it was in Soviet days. And is he a nice guy? I'd say he is a much more intelligent guy. And judging by what he says, he's much less duplicitous than the nothing nobodies running western Europe at this point.Joel Bowman And it does seem like those, nothing nobodies, as you say in on the continent, are going to be shivering this winter. You mentioned our mutual friend Rick Rule before we jumped on our recording here. And I spoke to Rick at the end of 2021, beginning of 2022. And he was absolutely adamant that energy prices would continue to rise. And this was before a single shot had been fired in the Russo Ukrainian conflict. But, he was absolutely spot on with that. And he had predicted that in the event that we had was called the "Winter Catastrophe."It looks like now general winter is entering the fray, not only in the conflict, but is also going to be exerting his influence across the new lean, green acres of Germany and beyond. How does this play out in energy markets? And what does this say of the prescience of the political elites in Europe, and those of course who are spreading their green agenda to Australia, and across the United States, and in Canada? What does it say about either inability to predict the future, or their malice and mendacity in bringing it about such as it will undoubtedly occur this coming winter for a lot of shivering people?Doug Casey You're right. I think these people are both stupid, and ignorant, and evil. All three actually. Look, nothing wrong with green stuff, a windmill, or some solar. Sometimes in some places it can make sense. But, it's not the basis for mass power generation for an industrial society, at least not yet. These things should not be centrally directed by government to start with. It's not going to work, and it's going to be a total and complete disaster. If they wanted to do anything, it would be build lots of nuclear power plants. And nuclear power, even though it's been promoted as the enemy of everything, is actually the cleanest, and the cheapest, and the safest form of mass power generation by far. But, that's not happening. It'll start happening, but it's going to take years to start building these nuclear power plants. And then they'll be generation four.We should already, or would already be, at the stage, where they're small. And by small I mean the size of a large room. Nuclear power plants are buried to be dug up 10 years later and replaced for every town in the country. But, that is not going to happen because of political reasons. So what should you do? I guess we're getting back to this subject that you brought up earlier. What should the average guy do at this point? And I think that now continues to be, even though the price of oil stocks and natural gas stocks have doubled in the last year I'd say, they're still real cheap. Why do I say that? If you go back to 1980 when oil was the big thing, 30% of the value of the S&P was oil stocks and oil related stocks. As of last year, it was only 3%.It had dropped 90%. Now it's gone up to maybe 5% now, but they're still really cheap. And oil is much more important now than it has been in the past. And I'd throw coal and nuclear into this mix, those four things. So, I'd say that there things are still real cheap and a lot of these things have good dividend yields or low price earnings ratios. Like Petrobras, the Brazilian national oil company, selling at four times earnings last year, it kicked off a dividend of 25%. That's pretty good. That shows how cheap these things are. So, I think, people should be looking to buy these stocks. Why are they so cheap? Because the institutions are all into ESG, environmental social governence, and DIE, diversity... It's all destructive, stupid nonsense. So, BlackRock, and Vanguard, and all these big mutual funds and hedge funds, they all talk to each other, they all have the same background, they go to the same clubs, they all want to be invited to the World Economic Forum.So, they don't own any of these oil stocks. And the oil companies have been thoroughly intimidated at this point. They're not going to invest in something in this political environment. So, oil's going to stay here and go higher. Natural gas is going to stay here and go higher. You should buy those stocks, I think. I've been doing it for years and selling... selling naked puts against them actually is what I've been doing more than anything else. So, that's one thing you should be doing for sure, investment wise. Most other stuff, even with the stock market coming down, I think we're heading for a long term bear market. I don't want to own Amazon, or Google, or any of that crap. I really don't. These are just ephemeral digits quite frankly. I like the idea of owning real stuff.Joel Bowman And hard to power all those ephemeral digits without real stuff burning in a furnace somewhere, keeping the lights on, keeping the heat on. Real quick-Doug Casey That's in the "you'll find out department."Joel Bowman Yeah, right. Doug, real quick, because I know we're butting up against a solid hour here, and I do appreciate your time. Before we leave, letg's get to your books, I believe you're working on your fourth. And for listeners who are not keeping abreast of the series, we have "Speculator," "Drug Lord" and "Assassin" I think was the last one if I have those in correct order. What's coming down the pipes? When do we get to "Terrorists." That's what I think everybody wants to know...Doug Casey Yes, "Terrorists" is the next one. And John and are getting ready to put pen to paper on it. Basically, this series of books, it's, let's say from one point of view, it's Atlas Shrugged in a more readable form, and for a new era. And it takes our hero, Charles Knight from youth, where he gets lucky on a gold mining stock in Africa and makes a million dollars, comes from nothing to this is possible with these crappy little mining stocks, which in a bull market they'll go 100 to 1, they can go a 1,000 to 1. I've personally own a couple that have gone a 1,000 to 1. Although, I didn't hold them all the way up. That would've been too good to be true.Joel Bowman That's a rough ride.Doug Casey They were very good to me. So, Charles in "Speculator" goes to Africa, gets involved in a bush war, and boy soldiers and all this type of thing, makes money has its stolen from by the government, but he keeps some and he becomes a drug lord. I'm trying to reform the reputations of unjustly besmirched occupations. And we talk about the drug industry, both the FDA type drugs and the DEA type drugs. And Charles gets into more trouble now developing a marvelous new drug that instead of confusing your mind, makes your mind clear. So, of course, they want to outlaw that. So, now he is put in jail, and after he gets out of jail, he becomes an assassin because he figures there are some people that just need killing. Now, I can't say that in a non-fiction book, but in a fiction book you can say whatever you want.So, that was "Assassin." And that's a very good book. That's the most recent. But "Terrorist" is going to be more daring yet, because I have a lot of viewers and opinions on terrorism, after which he becomes in the next book. He becomes a war lord, where he goes back to Africa and becomes a war lord that transforms a backward shithole country into Singapore on steroids. And there are two more books after that that get really radical. But, anyway, don't fall behind. And I urge all of our listeners to call up Amazon and get those books. You'll be glad you did.Joel Bowman Yeah, outstanding. All right. I'll include some links to all of these books and your various other outlets, websites and podcasts. Of course, Doug, it's always a pleasure to speak with you, and I look forward to enjoying another unhurried lunch when you're back down at the other end of the Americas down here at the Fin Del Mundo, on one side other of the Rio de la Plata.Doug Casey I'll see you down there in less than two months. And maybe when we do this again, say next year at this time, we can see how right or wrong I've been on these things, and whether the world still exists in anything resembling its current form.Joel Bowman Yeah. If anything it may be a "teachable moment" as the kids say horribly these days. Okay, Doug, I look forward to talking to you again. Cheers.Doug Casey Thanks, Joel. You too.Ed. Note: You can follow Doug's YouTube channel over at Doug Casey's Take and read his columns at International Man. Thank you for reading Bonner Private Research. This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bonnerprivateresearch.substack.com/subscribe
Welcome to episode two of Brave New Media – a global podcast featuring journalists and editors from around the world telling their stories as part of our mission to help create a healthier media ecosystem. In each episode a specialist digs deep into the issues uncovered by our Brave New Media outlets, and offers solutions. In this episode we explore the stories of Katerina Sergatskova and Roman Stepanovych in Ukraine, they describe turning their culture and society digital platform Zaborona into a war-reporting operation, literally overnight. Zaborona means taboo in Ukrainian, which is what Katerina Sergatskova set out to break when she founded this multi-media platform with her partner Roman amid the new freedoms that flourished after Ukraine's Maidan Revolution in 2014. But everything changed when the Russians invaded in February this year. Katerina and her partner Roman explain the lessons they had to learn quickly about how to cover war in their own country, how to become eyewitnesses and chroniclers of terrible events. Veteran BBC war correspondent Allan Little finds much in their stories that resonates with his own experiences, and he reflects on the need to expose myth-making in wartime, and on the virtue of bearing witness. But how do you stay motivated and committed when your mission to reveal injustice has no apparent effect? A transcript is available on the Brave New Media homepage or here: shorturl.at/jwX14 -- Show Links:https://zaborona.com/https://www.facebook.com/zaboronahttps://www.instagram.com/zaborona_com/https://twitter.com/zaborona_mediahttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJrtV4HxObQ5j9DyNE_CiSg -- More information on Zaborona: Zaborona Media is an online publication covering social challenges, freedoms and security, championing those who stand up for basic rights and try to bring about positive change. Zaborona publishes reports, investigations, documentary video projects, comics and multimedia formats (podcasts and visual stories). Zabarona has a team of over 30 people. Its funding model consists of contributions from readers on the online membership platform, Patreon, and grants from international organisations and partnerships. It has an audience reach of around one million per month on its platforms, over 45 per cent of whom are female. Its largest audience is based in Ukraine (80 per cent), with 3 per cent in Russia and Poland, and less than 2 per cent in Austria, Germany and the US. The bulk of its listeners are in the 18-34 age group (40 per cent), closely followed by the 35-54 age group (39.5 per cent). Zaborona recently became a laureate of the Free Media Awards from the Frittord Foundation and Di Zeit Foundation. We asked Zabarona's founders to describe their recent successes, and hopes and fears for the future. Which of your recent stories are you most proud of and why? Since the beginning of the invasion Zaborona focuses mostly on the coverage of war crimes and the human scale of the war. We report from the regions that are affected by the Russian aggression more than others; we speak to people who survive constant attacks. The most important story for us so far is the investigation of the attack on the Mariupol drama theater. The world still does not know how many people died in this bomb attack, and how many survived. We conducted interviews with dozens of people and you will hear more about that very soon. Where do you hope to be in a year's time? What do you need to get there? Let's hope that the war will be over soon and we will be able to focus on other things. For now, we as Ukrainian media are surviving, but we also have a lot to say to the world about our experience and expertise. We would like to show what it is like to live with the invasion, and what kind of world we would like to see afterwards. What's your greatest fear for the future of media in Ukraine? Media in Ukraine are on the edge of their capacity. People are very tired of the war since it is a great stress, and we face great threats on a daily basis. So my fear is that many very good Ukrainain media will not survive, and many journalists will quit their jobs and even the profession. Society is already very traumatised, and it will worsen. Brave New Media is presented by Maha Taki and is A Holy Mountain Production, produced by Saskia Black, for BBC Media Action - the BBC's international charity. To contact us, email: media.action@bbc.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In 1990, Ukrainian students went on a hunger strike that helped bring down the Soviet regime there. It took place in Kyiv's central square and inspired later protests against Russian influence in Ukraine: the 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2014 Maidan Revolution. The granite floor of the square provided its name: the ‘Revolution on Granite'. Ben Henderson spoke to Oksana Zabuzhko, an award-winning Ukrainian author, who participated in the protest when she was a recent university graduate. (Photo: Oksana Zabuzhko wearing a red jumper at the Revolution on Granite in 1990)
In Episode 131 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg calls out the ironically named Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) for openly defending Russian disinformation. FAIR serially portrays the 2014 Maidan Revolution s a US-backed, Nazi-tainted, unconstitutional "coup." FAIR commentators Luca Goldmansour, Gregory Shupak and Bryce Greene are all guilty of this. They do not bother to consult voices of Ukrainian civil society—academics, media watchdogs and human rights groups—that refute this notion. Glomming onto the notorious Nuland phone call to dismiss a grassroots pro-democracy uprising as a Washington "regime change" intrigue reveals chauvinistic contempt for the Ukrainians. And hyping the supposed "Nazi" threat in Ukraine (while ignoring the Nazi-nostalgist and neo-fascist elements on the Russian side) abets Putin's ultra-cynical propaganda stratagem of fascist pseudo-anti-fascism. Rather than calling out Fox News for its propaganda service to Putin, FAIR instead joins them. How did a supposed progressive media watchdog become a de facto arm of Kremlin war propaganda? Listen on SoundCloud or via Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/countervortex Production by Chris Rywalt We ask listeners to donate just $1 per weekly podcast via Patreon -- or $2 for our new special offer! We now have 27 subscribers. If you appreciate our work, please become Number 28!
Putin's history of getting Ukraine wrong did not begin will his brutal and bungled invasion in February 2022. In fact, Putin himself prompted the overthrow of the Russia-friendly, NATO-neutral, corrupt Ukrainian Administration of Victor Yanukovych in 2014. This episode explores Putin's repeated ineptitude in his dealings with Ukraine -- from the Orange Revolution of 2004 to the Maidan Revolution of 2014 to the present war.
Join the Whiskey Bench as they continue the Ukraine series. Last episode left off at the end of the 2014 Maidan Revolution. In this continuation, the Bench explores the history of Neo-Nazi groups inside Ukraine. Starting in WWII and working through modern day, Kat and Stephen aim to expand the context concerning this difficult topic.Hey Whiskey Babies! Please checkout our sponsor and friend of the highline media network Fyfe Created - Handcrafted JewelryFyfe Created designs and makes beautiful, handcrafted jewelry right here in Montana. Whiskey Bench and Highline Media Network love normal people doing what they're passionate about, so checkout Shayla's beautiful work and find a statement piece you or a loved one is sure to enjoy. Use promo code whiskeybench2022 to enjoy 20% off your order at checkout. Buzzkill2 oz vodka 1 oz sour mix1 oz St. GermaineChampagne Throw vodka, sour, and St. Germaine into a shaker, add ice, and give it a solid mix. Strain into your desired glass and top off with champagne (or any bubbly). Garnish with a lemon. Enjoy.Relevant Links a must read: The Covert Operation to Back Ukrainian Independence The Reality of neo-Nazis in Ukraine French Mayor Pledges to Prevent Gathering of Ukrainian 'neo-Nazi' militia FBI Indictment of RAM members a must read How a White-Supremacist Militia Uses Facebook Partnering With Neo-Nazis in Ukraine Nazi Occupation of Soviet Ukraine Who were the Einsatzgruppen Neo Nazi Threat in New Ukraine Far-right group threatening to overthrow Ukraine The Untold Story of the Maidan Killings The Human toll of the Russian-Ukraine Conflict Ukraine's Roque Militias Why the Far-right joined the Ukraine Crisis The Rise of Ukrainian Fascism What Color is Ukraine's 'Color Revolution'? Who Was Stepan Bandera? Remember, always drink responsibly and cheers to a fulfilled life with all its beauty!Follow the hosts on Twitter: Torna: @Mtn_Torna Kat: @KatJDwyer Connect with the Whiskey Bench on Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest, all at @whiskeybenchpod. Or shoot us an email at whiskeybenchpod@gmail.com.Thank you to Reagan James for use of our theme music, The Habit, off her album, Message. Follow her work on Spotify and Apple Music!The Whiskey Bench is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, a collective of artist owned podcasts by normal people in normal places. Learn more at www.highline.network.
Join the Whiskey Bench as they continue the Ukraine series. Last episode left off at the 2004 orange revolution, and today, the Bench fast forwards to cover the short and wild Maidan Revolution that occurred in 2014. In this episode Kat and Stephen dive into a timeline of events including NGO involvement, US government involvement, Neo-Nazis fighting in the revolution, and much more. Grab yourself a cocktail and get ready! Molotov Cocktail (Torna original)1 1/2 oz vodka 1/2 oz fire ball1/4 oz curacao 1 oz lemon juiceAdd all the ingredients into a shaker with ice. SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE. Strain into desired glass and proceed (using the backside of a barspoon) to gently pour a high proof liquor like Everclear or 141 rum. This will result in a layer of liquor to "float" on the surface. Grab a lighter or a match and set it ablaze. Watch it burn, and blow out the flame before you drink.Relevant Links America's Ukraine Hypocrisy Neo Nazi Threat in New Ukraine Far-right group threatening to overthrow Ukraine Exposing Russians in Kiev Odessa Fire The Untold Story of the Maidan Killings The Human toll of the Russian-Ukraine Conflict Ukraine's Roque Militias Why the Far-right joined the Ukraine Crisis The Rise of Ukrainian Fascism What Color is Ukraine's 'Color Revolution'? Who Was Stepan Bandera? Remember, always drink responsibly and cheers to a fulfilled life with all its beauty!Follow the hosts on Twitter: Torna: @Mtn_Torna Kat: @KatJDwyer Connect with the Whiskey Bench on Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest, all at @whiskeybenchpod. Or shoot us an email at whiskeybenchpod@gmail.com.Thank you to Reagan James for use of our theme music, The Habit, off her album, Message. Follow her work on Spotify and Apple Music!The Whiskey Bench is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, a collective of artist owned podcasts by normal people in normal places. Learn more at www.highline.network.
A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/india-is-standing-up-and-defending-itself-but-is-uncle-sam-taking-note-of-it-10565421.htmlOn the face of it, Indian Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar’s blunt responses to US pressure to toe its line regarding Ukraine are appropriate rebuttals to interference in India’s internal affairs. Because India has generally been reticent (for example in the face of aggressive Chinese statements), the general public has been delighted to see these as an example of a maturing of Indian resolve. I am not so sure. I have long advocated mutually respectful US-India ties. And I was delighted by the promise of the Quad as a coming together of democratic forces in the Indo-Pacific, especially as an antidote to the rampaging Chinese. However, I was apprehensive about the Biden Administration, because the track record of the Democrats towards India is, well, abysmal.In previous Democratic Administrations we had the spectacle of Madeleine Albright lecturing India rudely, and the dependably noxious Robin Raphel who was later accused by the FBI of being a Pakistani agent (she was cleared of those charges). The general tendency has been to treat India with disdain, if not contempt, partly as a vestige of Cold War attitudes, the silly Non-Aligned Movement, and inane moralizing by the likes of Nehru and Krishna Menon. Thanks for reading Shadow Warrior! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Besides, India was seen as a basket-case (with good reason: humiliating PL 480 emergency food aid was a defining moment, because Indians ate only when US ships showed up with grain that they would normally only feed to livestock). A country that cannot manage its basic food security deserves disdain. But those days are long gone, except in the minds of Atlanticist Cold Warriors: India is now one of the biggest exporters of grain, and will profit from the Ukraine war.In other ways, too, the power equation between the two countries needs to be re-thought. I am reminded of the story of the court poet of a king in India who wrote a poem comparing his king to the Emperor. He called his king the New Moon and the Emperor the Full Moon. Furious, the king wanted to know why he said that.The poet explained that the New Moon is waxing, and the Full Moon is waning. In a nutshell, that is the situation with India and the US. Barring some unforeseen calamities, relative Indian economic and military might is going to increase, and America’s is going to decrease. In the not too distant future, India’s GDP in PPP terms will exceed that of the US, and it is a matter of speculation when the GDP in nominal terms also does the same. This is not jingoistic chest-thumping, but a very real possibility.Thank you for reading Shadow Warrior. This post is public so feel free to share it.The US is suffering from something like a midlife crisis. That is odd, for a nation with immense endowment – a vast continent with all the natural resources one could possibly want – and blessed with friendly neighbors and vast oceans separating it from possible foes. Its people have long been the most industrious and most innovative on earth, and the country is a magnet for the best and brightest from all over the world. Its soft power, too, is unrivaled. Yet, the prevailing concerns that animate Americans seem odd: gender, abortion rights, human rights. They are not exercised over their virtual de-industrialization (and the loss of manufacturing jobs) courtesy China, nor the possible collapse in white collar jobs through automation and robotics. They seem blase about their profligate use of energy (NPR reported in “How much energy powers a good life?” a Stanford study that Americans use “nearly four times the energy needed to live a happy life”). This is clearly driving global climate change. They may well be living beyond their means, propped up by printing billions of dollars, which they can do because Nixon took the dollar off the gold standard. The dollar remains the global reserve currency. However, the sanctions against Russia may well result in the bifurcation of the global trading system, and the Chinese would love to make the renminbi the currency of choice. Yet, Americans are mostly worried about human rights. Granted, these are ethical issues that are the proper concern of rich countries, but there is a whiff of decadence: it feels like the self-absorbed navel-gazing of a civilization in decline, oblivious to the barbarians at the gates, and you know who said barbarians are. The word degringolade seems to sum it up: the possibility of sudden collapse. The further problem is that they are lecturing others when their own system is not exactly functioning that well. The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken injected a sour note into the recent 2+2 meeting with India when he said, gratuitously, that “human rights abuses” in India were being monitored by the US.It was ironic that Blinken made this statement on a day when somebody shot up 10 people in Brooklyn; the next day two Sikhs were beaten and robbed in New York City. And a Kashmiri Hindu was shot dead in Kashmir. The NY Times, in the wake of a fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer, said: “American police officers, over the previous five years, have killed more than 400 motorists who were not wielding a gun or knife or under pursuit for a violent crime."One could argue that human rights abuses are a problem for the US, too. The Chinese make the US squirm by listing instances. At a function (at Howard University, a historically black university), MEA Jaishankar said that India is paying attention to human rights issues in the US. He also talked about the threat of CAATSA sanctions on India, and in effect said that if the US were to impose those sanctions, India would find a way around them. Indeed, India did get around earlier American denials and sanctions: when it went nuclear, earlier when the US unilaterally repealed the treaty about supplying nuclear fuel to Tarapore, when the Biden Amendment (yes, same Biden) forced Russia to renege on its cryogenic rocket engine deal with India, and when a Cray supercomputer sale was canceled. So far, so good. Yes, India is standing up and defending itself. But the question is whether this is registering where it counts. The Indian media is agog with reports. However, the American media, so far as I can tell, didn’t report on this: which means that official America simply did not hear the retort by the Indian MEA. Furthermore, there is the Good Cop, Bad Cop story: Deputy National Security Advisor Daleep Singh threatened India with “consequences”. An emollient Daniel Lu, a senior State Department official, made soothing noises. Victoria Nuland, the architect of the ‘Maidan Revolution’ in Ukraine in 2014, visited, and met with mysterious “thought leaders” and with Arvind Kejriwal.Shortly thereafter, the AAP government in Punjab demanded 50,000 crores a year from the Center to fulfill AAP’s own grandiose election promises of freebies; Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal casually dismissed the rape-murder of a 14-year-old Hindu girl by TMC cadres; the Tamil Nadu government ratcheted up separatist noises; and Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti shobhayatras were attacked with stone-pelting by Muslims. Pure coincidence? Or “consequences”? Is the Biden Administration now convinced that India will, and should be allowed to, pursue its own interests? I am just not so sure as others are. After all, I hear AUKUS is becoming JAUKUS (pronounced “jackass”), and that leaves India out in the cold clutching the Quad. 1247 words, April 14, 2022 updated April 17, 2022 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com
Tune back in for part two of Justin's interview with former diplomat and former non-commission officer in the United States Marine Corps, Shane Partlow. In this installment, Shane gets into the nitty gritty of Ukraine's 2014 Maidan Revolution, following the Euromaidan protests against former president Viktor Yanukovych. He discusses efforts to stay hidden at protests and rallies as well as what happened when the Yanukovych regime suddenly fell and Russian troops made an opportunistic play to invade Crimea.Connect with Shane:Twitter: @Shane_PartlowCheck out the book Shane read from, Christopher Smith's Ukraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge, here.https://www.amazon.com/Ukraines-Revolt-Russias-Revenge-Revolution/dp/0815739249Connect with Spycraft 101:IG: @spycraft101Patreon: Spycraft 101Buy the book: here on AmazonDownload the free eBook: The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice: here.https://spycraft101-400d7.gr8.com/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/spycraft101)
This week Justin chats with former diplomat and former non-commission officer in the United States Marine Corps, Shane Partlow. Shane was an assistant defense attache in the Ukraine during their 2014 Maidan Revolution, following the Euromaidan protests against former president Viktor Yanukovych. Shane recounts the events that led to violence, corruption within the central government, and his own experiences as a Marine at the embassy. This interview is split into two parts, so be sure to tune in next week to hear more of Shane's account, including how the tables turned as revolution went on and Russia stepped into the ring.Connect with Shane:Twitter: @Shane_PartlowCheck out the book Shane read from, Christopher Smith's Ukraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge, here.https://www.amazon.com/Ukraines-Revolt-Russias-Revenge-Revolution/dp/0815739249Connect with Spycraft 101:IG: @spycraft101Patreon: Spycraft 101Buy the book: here on AmazonDownload the free eBook: The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice: here.https://spycraft101-400d7.gr8.com/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/spycraft101)
Eliza and Geraldine are back, after a big adventure in the SA countryside and a stint with the lurgy. This week, they discuss the Flinders Ranges and the challenges of the Aussie bush. While Geraldine was in isolation she caught up on a lot of reading about the war in Ukraine and Putin's leadership. And gearing up for the campaign sprint. Thanks for listening! Join the conversation at the Facebook page LDC Podcast or email ldcpodcast1@gmail.com LINKS The Intellectual Catastrophe of Vladimir Putin - Paul Berman, Foreign Affairs https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/13/putin-russia-war-ukraine-rhetoric-history/ More on the Maidan Revolution – written in 2019 https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/02/22/ukraine-looking-forward-five-years-after-the-maidan-revolution/ Leadership at War: How Putin and Zelensky Have Defined the Ukrainian Conflict – Margaret McMillan - Foreign Affairs https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukraine/2022-03-29/leadership-war Zelensky on Dancing with the Stars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlJywp7E3Gw Squiz Shortcut on Volodymyr Zelensky https://www.thesquiz.com.au/shortcuts/volodymyr-zelensky/ Deutsche Welle's Konstantin Eggert interviews Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin https://www.dw.com/en/khodorkovsky-clear-position-of-west-will-help-putin-make-the-right-decision/av-61313230 The American Wife – Curtis Sittenfeld https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2807199-american-wife
We left off wondering what the hell Russia thinks it doing poking around in Ukraine's business. Was the inner chaos during the Maidan Revolution somehow Russia's concern? No. It was just a handy story that Putin likes to tell people. Putin has also made clear that Ukraine doesn't exist. In the battle of Western/Russian propaganda, the story that never gets told is the real story. Maidan got messy - like, real messy - but nothing within Ukraine's borders has ever amounted to an offense worthy of intervention. The story that's being hidden now, in real time, is the story of Ukrainian sovereignty - not as a nation, but as a people.
Part 4 of Ukraine series… Hopefully you're still sticking around… Let's finish off the Maidan Revolution and the official UNCONSTITUTIONAL impeachment of Viktor Yanukovych. We will highlight the final details of the maidan revolution along with the blatant involvement from the far-right regimes… but we will also get even more detailed with how the US played their part in these tragedies as well. The picture on the left really summarizes who was on the same team during the madness of this “revolution” and Oliver Stone points out that this has been seen before. The evidence seems overwhelming but then again… maybe this is all pro-kremlin disinformation Russian propaganda! In our last episode we touched upon his “Recipe For Revolution” which included the MONEY… MEDIA… and TECHNIQUES. We will top off the specific techniques utilized and how the color revolutions have served similar purposes and repeatable tactics all over the globe. Finally, we end with the “invasion” of Crimea… one of the most interesting topics to all of this from my standpoint! Again… just summarizing, quoting and questioning… feel free to correct me whenever needed… I'm all ears… especially from you non-conspiracy theorists! One more Ukraine episode after this… for this doc only though haha clearly its a lot to unpack. Im sure its been a thrill for you. Enjoy. Or not. Yours Truly. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unveiledpatriot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/unveiledpatriot/support
We continue on our journey with PART 3 of my Ukraine Series... extrapolating on Oliver Stone's Ukraine on Fire Documentary. In this episode... I dive into the perspectives of President Viktor Yanukovych and one of the deadliest revolutions in history... The Maidan Revolution! Many don't know much about the Maidan Revolution... or the specific events that led up to it... Yanukovych was handed a wounded economy from predecessor Viktor Yushchenko... important trade agreements and negotiations were needed to patch up the mess and get Ukraine back on track. However, negotiations weren't in favor for Ukraine through the lens of Mr. Yanukovych... leading to a pause in negotiations with the European Union. This led to the uproar of specific populations of Ukraine... the Western-Central Ukrainians and Neo-Nazi extremist organizations. Again... geographical divides existed... Eastern-Southern Ukrainians support Russia and saw the EU-NATO alliance more so as a threat rather than protection... These populations weren't protesting due to this pause in negotiations by Mr. Yanukovych. I have discovered and quoted independent journalist + author Chris Kasper de Ploeg and his book Ukraine in the Crossfire quite often to support everything I state and cite in this episode involving the events leading to and during the euromaidan protests... I am also quoting and summarizing from key individuals interviewed from the Oliver Stone Documentary as well... I am simply summarizing and explaining to the best of my ability... not justifying or condoning. So don't flip out! If errors exist and important info is left out... feel free to send me some feedback which is always more than welcome. The Recipe for Revolution runs deep... Revolving around MONEY... THE MEDIA... and SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES. Oliver Stone highlights that we have seen these repeatable steps and tactics in many other places around the world throughout history. We touch base on this recipe ten-fold in regards to the Maidan Revolution in this episode... and we will revisit this recipe in future episodes when we travel to other parts of the world involving almost identical revolutions. The plot keeps thickening. Enjoy. Or not. Yours Truly. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unveiledpatriot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/unveiledpatriot/support
On February 27, 2015, politician Boris Nemtsov was murdered in the center of Moscow. In the final years of his life, he advocated against the military conflict in East Ukraine, vocally supported the 2014 Maidan Revolution, and frequently gave interviews with Ukrainian journalists. In the months leading up to his murder, Nemtsov was working on a report about Russian military intervention titled "Putin: War," which was posthumously published by his colleagues. To mark the anniversary of his murder, Meduza is publishing some of the anti-war statements Nemtsov made in the months leading up to his death. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/02/28/it-s-not-our-war-it-s-putin-s-war
On February 27, 2015, politician Boris Nemtsov was murdered in the center of Moscow. In the final years of his life, he advocated against the military conflict in East Ukraine, vocally supported the 2014 Maidan Revolution, and frequently gave interviews with Ukrainian journalists. In the months leading up to his murder, Nemtsov was working on a report about Russian military intervention titled "Putin: War," which was posthumously published by his colleagues. To mark the anniversary of his murder, Meduza is publishing some of the anti-war statements Nemtsov made in the months leading up to his death. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/02/28/it-s-not-our-war-it-s-putin-s-war
In this week's episode of Art of Power, host Aarti Shahani sits down with the woman who helped build Ukraine's fledgling democracy. Daria Kaleniuk is the executive director of Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Action Center. She has spent a decade building sweeping anti-corruption infrastructure, much to Russia's chagrin. As Vladimir Putin invades her home, you may have seen her calling out U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a recent press conference that went viral. In our conversation, Kaleniuk questions the value of her life's work: “We are being executed by Russia for fighting corruption and building rule of law,” she tells Shahani. “Those allies which helped us…are betraying us. They are not providing means to protect our democracy.” To understand the war in Ukraine, you need to understand her story: where she grew up, the uprising that shaped her, and the threat that she poses to Vladimir Putin. We discuss her early childhood in the post–Soviet state (1:43), her protest work during the Maidan Revolution (7:00), Putin's recent speech that cited the organizations she helped create as a pretext for his invasion (27:37), and her call to action for Western governments (32:02). Editor's note: This interview was recorded on Monday, March 7, 2022. It provides vital context for understanding Russia's attack on Ukraine, but does not reflect the latest developments on the ground.
Understanding the thought process that led Putin to invade Ukraine ... Could diplomacy have prevented the invasion? ... Imagining possible endings of the war – and what comes after ... Reviewing the events that drove the West and Putin's Russia apart ... How Moscow viewed the 2014 Maidan Revolution in Ukraine ... Could a palace coup in Moscow reset US-Russia relations? ... Bob and Katrina worry that the planet can't afford a second cold war ...
Understanding the thought process that led Putin to invade Ukraine ... Could diplomacy have prevented the invasion? ... Imagining possible endings of the war – and what comes after ... Reviewing the events that drove the West and Putin's Russia apart ... How Moscow viewed the 2014 Maidan Revolution in Ukraine ... Could a palace coup in Moscow reset US-Russia relations? ... Bob and Katrina worry that the planet can't afford a second cold war ...
Seven years ago, Garry Kasparov came to Amsterdam and predicted the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He also described Vladimir Putin's psychology and motivations in a way that you hear in every current affairs program nowadays. Back in 2015, Obama was president, Russia was actively bombing targets in Syria, Syrian refugees were literally washing up on the shores of the Mediterannean and Garry Kasparov, living in exile in New York, was touring his book: ‘Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped'. And the predictions came with Cassandra-like precision. He saw Putin ruthlessly cowing all domestic opposition and the coming of a resurgent Russian nationalism that would spread beyond its borders. After the Maidan Revolution and the overthrow of Putin crony Viktor Yanukovych in 2014, Kasparov knew Putin simply could not allow a free and democratic Ukraine, moving ever closer to Europe, to exist. After all, a successful Ukraine could give Russians... ideas. Mr. Kasparov's talk was moderated by the Dutch journalist and Slavic world specialist, Michel Krielaars. Support the show (https://www.john-adams.nl/donate/)
Highlights: “Alexander's (of the Duran) analysis, I'm noticing, is starting to get picked up by the wider media. What the Russians want to do with Ukraine is the same thing they wanted to do with Syria, and were quite successful by the way at doing, they want to change Ukraine. They want to disrupt the kind of political system that's formed in Ukraine since the Maidan Revolution in 2014 and refashion that system into one that is far more hospitable to Russian interests.”“If you can believe it, ol' Sleepy Joe is actually groveling before Venezuela and I kid you not, Iran in order to supplement the oil we would lose if we cut off trade with Russia.”“Russia, again, is a massive commodities exporting superpower. So the disruption of Russian trade is going to quite literally disrupt everything.”“Russia, Venezuela, and Iran have had a very solid relationship for years now, for good or for bad, that's irrelevant. The stability of the Russian as well Chinese geopolitical order is a very difficult benefit to give up in favor of a desperate and clearly impulsive DC.”Timestamps: [02:25] The latest in the crisis in Ukraine and what Russia wants to do with Ukraine[06:04] On the Biden Administration turning to Venezuela and Iran for oil[08:00] How the House of Representatives is indeed considering the banning of Russian oil imports and how we're maxed out with our domestic oil production [09:43] Will this going to work?Resources:Support this channel. Get Your Brand-New PATRIOT T-Shirts and Merch Here: https://store.turleytalks.com/Check out the amazing geopolitical analysis at The Duran: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDuran/videosEp. 874 Ukraine On Verge of COLLAPSE As New World Order IMPLODES!!!It's time to CHANGE AMERICA and Here's YOUR OPPORTUNITY To Do Just That! https://change.turleytalks.com/Get your own MyPillow here. Enter my code TURLEY at checkout to get a DISCOUNT: https://www.mypillow.com/turleyPatriotSwitch.comBecome a Turley Talks Insiders Club Member and get your first week FREE!!: https://insidersclub.turleytalks.com/welcomeFight Back Against Big Tech Censorship! Sign-up here to discover Dr. Steve's different social media options …. but without censorship! https://www.turleytalks.com/en/alternative-media.com Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review.Do you want to be a part of the podcast and be our sponsor? Click here to partner with us and defy liberal culture!If you would like to get lots of articles on conservative trends make sure to sign-up for the 'New Conservative Age Rising' Email Alerts.
Since the 2014 Maidan Revolution, Ukrainians have become experts at combating Russian disinformation. UMSL Professor Lara Zwarun shares what Ukrainians today are getting right — and how they're winning hearts and minds around the world.
In November of 2013, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych chose not to sign a free trade agreement with the European Union setting off a revolution that was the catalyst for the current Russia and Ukraine conflict in 2022. In this episode, we take a deeper look at the Maidan Revolution of 2014 in Ukraine. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blurredpoliticallines/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blurredpoliticallines/support
In Episode 112 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg continues to deconstruct the cynical fascist pseudo-anti-fascism of Vladimir Putin's war drive against Ukraine. Putin's speech announcing his "military operation" in Ukraine says his aim is to "denazify" the country. This as Ukraine's Jews prepare to flee the advancing Russian forces in a mass evacuation. While Ukraine has been going in a more democratic direction since the 2014 Maidan Revolution, Russia over this same period has seen a consolidation of increasingly autocratic power in the hands of Vladimir Putin—who has ruled continuously as either president or prime minister since 1999. As courageous anti-war protesters flood the streets of cities across Russia in defiance of the authorities, the morally and intellectually bankrupt "left" in the United States echoes Putin's lies. Especially called out for regurgitating Kremlin propaganda that paints Ukraine as a "Nazi" state and blames NATO for Putin's war of aggression are the now essentially pro-war CodePink and the very ironically named Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). Any genuine anti-war position must begin with repudiating Putin's fascist ambition to rebuild the Russian empire. Listen on SoundCloud or via Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/countervortex Production by Chris Rywalt We ask listeners to donate just $1 per weekly podcast via Patreon -- or $2 for our new special offer! We now have 27 subscribers. If you appreciate our work, please become Number 28!
Ukrainians went from being a nation of occasional voters whose rights existed mainly on paper in the 1990's to a society with strong civil society institutions and a vibrant democracy post Maidan Revolution of 2013/14. In this episode moderated by Irena Remestwenski (RECET), Valeria Korablyova (Charles University in Prague) reflects upon the concept of performative citizenship, the role of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the new empowered Ukrainian citizen who is willing to make a difference in the political field. Dr. Valeria Korablyova is Senior Research Fellow at Charles University, Department of East European Studies. She received her habilitation in 2015 from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, where she worked as Professor of Philosophy. Her research interests include post-Communist transformations in Ukraine and East Central Europe with a specific focus on mass protests and nation-building.
The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv is located just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the border with Russia. In 2014, it was among the main centers of a bitter standoff between supporters and opponents of the Maidan Revolution. Eight years later -- against the backdrop of a Russian troop buildup that has provoked international fears of a military escalation -- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speculated that Moscow may try to "occupy" Kharkiv. In a dispatch from the city, local journalist Olga Antonova reports on how Kharkiv's inhabitants are responding to the prospect of an all-out war with Russia. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/01/28/no-one-is-going-to-hand-over-ukraine
Die Ukraine wird immer korrupter und gefährlicher auch für westlich orientierte Journalisten. Der in der Ukraine sehr bekannte Fernsehjournalist Alexej Bobrownikow, der die „Maidan-Revolution“ aktiv unterstützte, bekam Anfang September politisches Asyl in Deutschland. Die Bundesregierung fährt jetzt die Ernte ihrer Politik ein. 2014 redete man einen von Faschisten und korrupten ukrainischen Oligarchen organisierten Staatsstreich schön.Weiterlesen
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Darin: Ukraine – Odessa – Cafe Kompot – WR485 Frau Diener verreist mit der Transsib – Kiew – Hotel Ukraina – Maidan (Maidan-Revolution zur Präsidentschaftswahl) – Twitter: 70s Party – Chernobyl – Prypjat (Reaktorkatastrophe von 1986, Resonator-Podcast zum Thema) – Atomsemiotik – Slawutytsch – Woodpecker – The Last Barricade – Wyschywanka – WR822 Die beste Bar in Prag: […]
On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Garland Nixon and Lee Stranahan discuss the overall health of the US economy and if record stock market highs should be seen as a true gauge of economic strength. Do these types of stock market gains tend to benefit only the wealthy, and how should the public feel about past bank bailouts?Guests:Vanessa Beeley - Investigative Journalist | An Update on the Conflict in SyriaMark Frost - Economist and Professor | The US Stock Market, Banking System & Quantitative EasingIgor Lopatonok - Film Producer, Director & Author | What's in Igor's New Film 'Revealing Ukraine' William Craddick - Founder of DisobedientMedia.com | The Jeffrey Epstein Case and Timeline of Legal EventsInvestigative Journalist Vanessa Beeley was recently in Syria to report on fighting in the Idlib province and which groups are controlling different areas of territory within the country. Today, Beeley joins 'Fault Lines' to provide analysis about the conflict in Syria, Turkey's involvement in Syria, how terrorists have been allowed to cross the country's borders at certain places, and how economic sanctions have impacted Syria.President Trump continues to promote the success of the stock market as a sign that the US economy is strong, but this view is not held by some professionals in the economic community. Economist and Professor Mark Frost returns to the program to discuss the US stock market and banking system, the impacts of quantitative easing, past Wall Street bailouts, and who runs the Federal Reserve. Film Producer Igor Lopatonok's newest project, 'Revealing Ukraine,' takes a look at the political situation in Ukraine and how the country has changed since the Maidan Revolution. Lopatonok joins today's show to talk about his new film, some of the major topics and interviews which are included, and how 'Revealing Ukraine' has already come under attack by some in the media. For the final segment, the hosts are joined by William Craddick, Founder of DisobedientMedia.com, to discuss legal details and timelines related to Jeffrey Epstein's criminal past. They also talk about how Mike Cernovich and Alan Dershowitz are involved in this story and how media outlets such as the 'Miami Herald' have reported on Epstein.
Since the Maidan Revolution the urban facade of the city of Kiev is visibly changing, with large street art murals plastering the city’s walls. While new street art is going up, old Soviet murals and monuments are being torn down. Compass goes to Kiev to speak to artists about how the Maidan Revolution and the conflict in Eastern Ukraine has affected them, and how Ukraine’s turbulent past and present have fuelled its creative scene. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/jWiaA-ZOM8s #StreetArt #SovietMosaics #Decommunisation
Since the Maidan Revolution the urban facade of the city of Kiev is visibly changing as large street art murals plaster the city’s walls. While new street art is going up, old Soviet murals and monuments are being torn down. Compass goes to Kiev to speak to artists about how the Maidan Revolution and the conflict in Eastern Ukraine has affected them, and how Ukraine’s turbulent past and present have fuelled its creative scene. #MaidanRevolution #Ukraine #EastUkraineConflict #StreetArt #Graffiti #Decommunisation #Conflict #DrumandBass #UkrainianElections
On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Garland Nixon and Lee Stranahan receive updates on some key global stories including political tension in Venezuela and the possible extradition of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange. How does the Trump administration view these situations, and is the current trajectory of US foreign policy on a dangerous course?Guests:Patrick Henningsen - Journalist & Founder of 21stCenturyWire.com | LIVE Updates from the Julian Assange Extradition Hearing in LondonAriel Gold - National Co-Director at Code Pink | LIVE Updates from the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC Phil Wilayto - Editor of The Virginia Defender & Coordinator of the Odessa Solidarity Campaign | The 5th Anniversary of the Odessa Massacre in UkraineDr. Bosworth - Internal Medicine Physician & Author | Baby Boomer Health and Benefits of FastingDanny Sjursen - Retired U.S. Army Officer and Former History Instructor at West Point | What SHOULD Be the Major Goals of US Foreign Policy?Today, WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange is at a court hearing in London regarding his potential extradition from the United Kingdom. Journalist Patrick Henningsen is live at the scene of outside of this event, and he joins Garland and Lee on today's show for an update on what is taking place inside the courtroom and what it could mean for a possible Assange extradition to the United States.A number of US citizens are currently staying at the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC as the political uncertainty in Venezuela continues to mount. Ariel Gold, National Co-Director at Code Pink, joins the program to discuss what has been taking place at the DC Embassy, its current security situation, and the likelihood that these occupants at the Embassy could be ousted in the near future.Today is the 5th Anniversary of the Odessa Massacre where at least 48 people were killed following violent protests and a massive fire which took place Odessa, Ukraine. Phil Wilayto, Editor of The Virginia Defender & Coordinator of the Odessa Solidarity Campaign, returns to 'Fault Lines' for a conversation about the events that took place in Odessa on May 2, 2014, the current geopolitics of Ukraine, and how the Maidan Revolution evolved over the course of several months. As people get older, they regularly seek out new methods to combat the inevitable aging process. Annette Bosworth M.D. joins Garland and Lee on today's episode to give some of her tips for the Baby Boomer generation with a specific focus on preventative medical strategies and why periodic fasting can be a beneficial practice.For the final segment, the hosts are joined by retired US Army Officer Danny Sjursen for a discussion about the purpose of US foreign policy and where it would be best served in focusing its resources. How often does US military action involve direct national security interests, what is the role of the media in US foreign policy, and is President Trump's current foreign policy team problematic for the trajectory of his administration?
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The most serious charge thus far to emerge from Robert Mueller's investigation has been tax evasion and wire fraud charges filed against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, who is alleged to have set up an offshore bank account in Cyprus through which he wired $18 million to the US to fund a lavish lifestyle. The funds in question emanate from a rather sordid source: former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, who is accused of widespread corruption during his tenure, and was ultimately forced out of office and fled to Russia in the wake of the Maidan Revolution in 2014. Ultimately, Mueller's charges stem from before Manafort joined the Trump campaign, but Trump's judgment has been called into question for hiring Manafort in the first place. Here the head of Ukrainian Students for Liberty Mariia Chaplia discusses the turbulent presidency of Yanukovych, the events that drove him from power, and how this ties into the rise and fall of Manafort.
It has been two years since Maidan Square in Kiev burned during the police crackdown on pro-EU protesters, and yet the memory of events there still burns bright in the hearts and minds of many in Ukraine and beyond. Now "Winter On Fire," a documentary about Ukraine's Euromaidan protest movement, has been nominated for an academy award. This week Boston College Professor Matt Sienkiewicz and The Interpreter's Managing Editor James Miller discuss the film with the documentary's director, Evgeny Afineevsky, and David Resha, Assistant Professor of Media and Film Studies at Birmingham-Southern College. Additional Links: - Winter On Fire https://www.facebook.com/winteronfire/ - The Cinema of Errol Morris (Wesleyan Film) by David Resha http://www.amazon.com/Cinema-Errol-Morris-Wesleyan-Film/dp/0819575348 - John Kasich Surges In New Hampshire, But Is That Good News For Trump? https://pressimus.com/PressimusPost/press/11971
Vitaly M. Golomb a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur, investor, and author. He has spent his career in the printing industry, marketing services, technology startups, and international venture capital. He is the Founding Partner of CCC Startups, Executive Producer of the Startup AddVenture conference series, and Author of Accelerated Startup – The New Business School. He was previously the CEO of Keen Systems (Acquired by Aleyant) a venture capital-backed SaaS ecommerce platform for the printing industry and the CEO of Sputnik Integrated, an international, award-winning design and marketing firm. Vitaly grew up in Cupertino and has been involved with startups since his teenage years. He has founded multiple companies and VC-backed startups. He holds a degree in Computer and Video Imaging and has guest lectured at Stanford, UC Berkeley, St.Mary’s and other universities around the world on entrepreneurship, innovation, and design. Vitaly is passionate about improving society by nurturing entrepreneurship around the world. He is contributing writer for TechCrunch and other publications and has been a consistently top-ranked mentor at a number of startup accelerator programs in US and Europe. He travels to over 20 countries every year as a keynote speaker. He consults and teaches workshops to the next generation of entrepreneurs, as well as enterprises and governments fostering innovation. His new book, Accelerated Startup – The New Business School, is the Pocket MBA for the 21st century. Traditional business schools are not prepared to provide the evolving skills and mentorship required to build tomorrow’s billion dollar companies. Many are choosing to apply to accelerators instead of MBAs and learn by doing at a rapid pace. The book provides all of the latest tools and techniques used by the world’s top accelerator programs to manufacture successful startups. Vitaly is the Director and Executive Producer of Startup Spring – How Middle East Tech Entrepreneurs are Rewriting Their Future, a feature length documentary coming in 2016. Startup AddVenture Since 2013, Vitaly has served as the executive producer of the Startup AddVenture conference and tour that brings some of the world’s top startup experts to tomorrow’s high-potential startup hubs. A cultural exchange bringing knowledge and inspiration from the industry’s best and showcasing local startup stars of tomorrow. The first event attracted over 1,700 attendees and 45 international speakers to Kyiv, Ukraine during the first weeks of the Maidan Revolution. It was called “one of the top startup events in Europe” by TechCrunch. In 2015 Startup AddVenture has already toured Central Europe and Middle East where it has earned the nickname of “TED for Startups” for its highly-concentrated educational format. CCC Startups Building on the success of Startup AddVenture, Vitaly co-founded CCC Startups, a global network supporting exceptional entrepreneurs in Europe, Middle East, and beyond. CCC is focused on high quality events and investments that help up-and-coming startup ecosystems grow by connecting local talent with global markets.
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