European irrationality in Ukraine - Michael von der Schulenburg, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen

We had a discussion with Michael von der Schulenburg - a German top diplomat with the OSCE and 34 years in the United Nations. The topic of discussion was the transformation of Germany and the war in Ukraine. Michael von der Schulenburg and Harald Kujat (the former head of the German Bundeswehr and former chairman of the NATO Military Committee) criticised NATO for provoking the war and sabotaging the peace agreement to use Ukrainians to fight and weaken a strategic rival. Germany is de-industrialising, the political elites have rediscovered enthusiasm for war, society is growing more pessimistic, and new political alternatives are emerging that are not acceptable to the government. Michael von der Schulenburg argues the EU no longer behaves as a rational actor.