If Russia didn't have nuclear weapons, would they be considered a super power? I don't think so. They represent about one point five % of the global g d p. And their weight is not very great, outside of the fact that they have nuks,. None of which they've been able to do much with even to scare people pretty much.
In this conversation with the renowned Ohio State University political scientist John Mueller, author of
The Stupidity of War,
Retreat from Doomsday: The Obsolescence of Major War, and
The Remnants of War, we discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and what we might expect from Putin’s Russia in the coming weeks, months, and years, along with Dr. Mueller’s outline for how to end the current conflict and compromise with Putin. That seems unlikely at this point, but the prospects of the tragedy of millions of war refugees pouring out of Ukraine into neighboring nations, along with the number killed already and likely to be killed as the fighting escalates, why not give negotiation and compromise a chance?
Read John Mueller’s op-ed that accompanies this episode.