What Constitutes a Nation?

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The idea of the united nations and of a a league of nations was to oder to deal with international war, which always seemed to be about territory. The only case before this in which one united nations country tried to take over another united nations country was when sadam husains erock took over coat. So we're seeing a replay of that in the other case, the ler as is happened, is is happening now. I can't guarantee that by any means. It's going to be increasingly miserable for the russians, i think, just o deal with it,. Ifi, the stories about the russian troops not want tokill brothers ucranians are true

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.