I want to take over ukraine. The assumption is that he wants to have some sort of sphere of influence taing there. And we've now got ukrane where we need it. It's not going to be a threat. Maybe everybody would prefer that itu join jointe sovi russia, like ukraine did. But that was not part of the original demand and never has been an explicit thing. I think bydn coulde left it. And maybe by couldn't sell it.
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.