[John Mearsheimer, in this Mar 2, 2022 video, blames the West for the Ukraine crisis, explaining the existential threat that NATO expansion posed to Russia, leaving it with no choice but to take military action.
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John J. Mearsheimer
Who (Really) Caused the
Crisis in Ukraine
Mar 2, 2022
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Who (really) caused the crisis in Ukraine – True causes and consequences of the crisis in Ukraine
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Jun 28, 2022 John J. Mearsheimer, the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in Political Science and Co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago, assesses the causes and consequences of the present Ukraine crisis, the best way to end it, and its consequences for all of the main actors. A key assumption is that in order to come up with the optimum plan for ending the crisis, it is essential to know what caused the crisis. Regarding the all-important question of causes, the key issue is whether Russia or the West bears primary responsibility. The point is not whether Russia is good or bad, but simply the objective mechanisms behind the unfolding events. This is from a video from March 2, 2022, Courtesy Committee for the Republic, check their channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBCY…
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[Added image] Map of Ukraine and areas of fighting, as of Mar 1, 2022 (click image to enlarge).
TRANSCRIPT
(23:10 mins)
[00:00]
What I’d like to do, I’d like to break my talk into two parts. I’d like to first of all talk about the causes of the present crisis. And I’d like to speculate on where this is all headed.
Now with regard to the causes, it’s very important to understand that who caused this situation is of tremendous importance! Because it involves assigning blame. You really have two choices here. You can argue that the West, and especially the United States, caused the crisis. Or you can argue that the Russians caused the crisis. But that means that whoever you argue caused the crisis, is responsible for this disaster.
And it is important to understand that this is a disaster. Ukraine has lost Crimea. It’s, in my opinion, going to lose the Donbas. And the only interesting question to me, at this point, is whether it’s also going to lose more territory in the Eastern part of its country.
Furthermore Ukraine’s economy is wrecked! It’s cities are in the process of being wrecked! The international economy is going to be badly affected by these events as they go on. This is going to have terrible consequences I think for the Democrats in the fall.
