PODCAST: Buchanan + Manning: What can bring the Russian war against Ukraine to a close?
https://youtu.be/6sUNtP8MyuY
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning raise the question: If escalation of the Russian war against Ukraine will occur should NATO or European Union nations intervene to protect Ukraine, who or what can assist in bringing this war to a close?
For many of us around the world, Russia’s war against Ukraine raises a philosophical dilemma. Is defence of the vulnerable the correct pathway toward reestablishing peace?
And specifically, Defence… what should it look like?
Do we, as members of an international community, stand by and allow innocent people to be murdered in the name of a geopolitical doctrine or ambition? Or, do we truly have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable?
In last week’s episode we explored how Russia had advanced ahead of NATO and Europe in matters of deterrence. We also canvassed the Responsibility to Protect principles.
Today, we deep dive into how concerned nations may be able to come to Ukraine’s aid, and under what circumstances could this be possible, and how will such resolutions be defined.
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Heres a non aligned reality based observation.
At the moment Russian troops have surrounded a third of the Ukrainian forces. They will either surrender shortly or be destroyed. At that point the Western propaganda may have to face reality.
To end this conflict Ukraine needs to rid itself of Zhelensky, and his Azov mates. Russia no longer has any incentive to negotiate, it will merely hold onto what it wants, pull out elsewhere and cut off the rump Ukraine with rocketry. Ukraine as it was is no more.