Is It Eligible for a NATO Membership?

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Puddin O'Brien: How could this have been avoided? Well, it seems to me tat there are miscellaneous possibilities. Two in particular, if you read what he says, m and his actual declamations are that he's basily been disked in te before. He's very concerned about the expansion of nato. That is not just puddin. The russians have been saying that, including te liberal, western oriented one since the 19 nineties, the idea of having nato creep into the former siliat republic ofthe ukraine. Also, he's behe's been trying to get the attention ofa bidin and to send a

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.