Does the US See Ukraine as ‘Another Afghanistan’ to Bleed Russia? w/ Anatol Lieven

Many experts on Russia and Ukraine are calling for de-escalation and genuine diplomacy but are being drowned out by a unanimous chorus led by the media and a cacophony of hawkish frauds demanding more war. 

To break through the war fervor, Rania Khalek spoke to Anatol Lieven, a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and author of “Ukraine and Russia: A Fraternal Rivalry.” 

TIME CODES

0:00 Intro

5:38 The West could have prevented this war

13:00 US policy is prolonging the war 

18:01 What are Putin’s motives?

23:06 Risk of the far right in Ukraine?

28:38 Global dangers of flooding Ukraine w/ weapons

32:07 Significance of Chechen fighters in Ukraine

34:31 US role in 2014 coup

39:07 Peace settlement 

46:12 Sanctions on Russia

51:39 Most of the world is NOT siding w/ the US

56:08 An emboldened NATO

59:16 Negative consequences for the West

1:03:34 Think tank & media war fervor