The lost debate is a podcast and utube show in which three different guests banter the latest events in culture, politics, economics, ideology and society in general. Go to wonedrium dot com slash shermer, get your 22 day free trial and give it a shot. Last time you were on, we discussed your book, the stupidity of war. And if ever there seemed like a stupid war, it is the russian invasion of ukraine.
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.