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The us. Refuses to negotiate limiting nato expansion with russia, and yet also makes it clear that it will not take direct military action in case of a russian invasion. So on the surface level, the us. In nato posture is about solidarity with ukraine. But given that they will neither negotiate to defend ukrane from rRussian invasion, nor militarily defend u krane against r Russian invasion, it seems pretty clear that some other principle may be guiding their approach. I mean, yes, it eu. The american princplis quite cynical. Sometimes doncseside, of course.

An in-depth interview on the historical and political-economic context of the Ukraine crisis with Ukrainian sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko. Read Volodymyr's work: truthout.org/articles/ukrainians-are-far-from-unified-on-nato-let-them-decide-for-themselves/ ponarseurasia.org/how-maidan-revolutions-reproduce-and-intensify-the-post-soviet-crisis-of-political-representation/ lefteast.org/ukraine-in-the-vicious-circle-of-the-post-soviet-crisis-of-hegemony/ lefteast.org/contradictions-post-soviet-ukraine-failure-ukraine-new-left/ Tony Wood on Russia: thedigradio.com/podcast/russia-beyond-putin-with-tony-wood/ Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig