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Russia Invades w/ Tony Wood

Mar 1, 2022

01:05:53

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Is This Putin's War, Not the War of the Russian People?

05:13

Is This a Break With the Past Model of Russian Intervention?

03:43

Do You Think There Was a Prior Context for This War?

03:15

Introduction

3min

Do You Have a Clear Picture of Russia's War Aims?

4min

Is This a Break With the Past Model of Russian Intervention?

4min

I Don't Think They're Surprised by the Effectiveness of the Resistance They've Encountered

2min

The Second Chechen War

2min

Do You Think the West Is the Only Agentive Power in the World?

3min

Do You Think There Was a Prior Context for This War?

3min

What Does the History of Nato Expansion Enlighten?

4min

The Cause of War Is the Preparation for War, Right?

6min

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Russia's Invasion Will Be Taken to Justify Membership

2min

11.

Russia Is Not a Real Country, but a Real Place

2min

12.

To Govern the Globe, World Orders and Catastrophic Change by Alfred W Mc Coy

4min

13.

Putin's Invasion Is Driving Europe Into Nedo's Arms

2min

14.

Pudin's Attack on the Soviet Past

4min

15.

I Think Putin's Irrationality Is New in the Russian Political System

3min

16.

Is This Putin's War, Not the War of the Russian People?

5min

17.

The Second Minx Protocol

5min

18.

Is There a Platform for Peace in Ukraine?

1min

19.

I Think We Need a Multi Polar World

4min

20.

The Dig Radio Podcast

2min

Tony Wood returns to The Dig to discuss Russia’s invasion, what it reflects about Russian politics and geopolitics today and historically, and how the Left should be thinking about it all. Tony's LRB essay: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n04/tony-wood2/why-didn-t-they-stop-it Listen to past Dig eps for context on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Tony Wood on Russia and Putin: thedigradio.com/podcast/russia-beyond-putin-with-tony-wood Volodymyr Ishchenko on Ukraine: thedigradio.com/podcast/ukraine-w-volodymyr-ishchenko Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig