Inflection EP29: NATO Aggression Puts All of Europe at Risk

Week of 23-29, 2022

Tensions continue to rise between the United States and Russia over Ukraine - a nation the US overthrew the elected government of in 2014 and has attempted to incrementally integrate into its policy of encircling and containing Russia ever since.

Angelo and Brian discuss the background of this conflict, how even the US across its own media admits many of the myths repeated about Russia in the Western media are false and where this might lead.

Inflection is a weekly show featuring Angelo Giuliano and Brian Berletic, discussing recent headlines and in-depth discussion of topics shaping the shift from West to East and unipolarism to multipolarism.

References:

Overview

The University of Chicago - Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer:
https://youtu.be/JrMiSQAGOS4

NATO’s Track Record

DW - Libya still plagued by conflict, 10 years after NATO intervention:
https://www.dw.com/en/libya-still-plagued-by-conflict-10-years-after-nato-intervention/a-56921306
BBC - Europe migrant crisis: Scores die in shipwreck off Libya - UN:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54922965
Atlantic Council - The US can’t fix Afghanistan, but it can still fix NATO:
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-us-cant-fix-afghanistan-but-it-can-still-fix-nato/

NATO’s Expansion After the Cold War

Atlantic Council - Why Europe Whole and Free? (2014):
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/resources/why-europe-whole-and-free/
Economist - Russia’s menacing of Ukraine is unlikely to induce NATO to retreat (NATO expansion map):
https://www.economist.com/img/b/1280/1016/90/sites/default/files/images/print-edition/20220108_FBM994.png
RFE/RL - Did The West Promise Moscow That NATO Would Not Expand? Well, It's Complicated:
https://www.rferl.org/a/nato-expansion-russia-mislead/31263602.html
NED - REMARKS BY CARL GERSHMAN TO THE PARLIAMENT OF LITHUANIA ON DAY OF RESTORATION:
https://www.ned.org/remarks-by-carl-gershman-to-the-parliament-of-lithuania-on-day-of-restoration/

Crimea

Reuters - Commentary: Ukraine’s neo-Nazi problem (2018):
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cohen-ukraine-commentary-idUSKBN1GV2TY
RFE/RL - Parliament OKs Putin Request To Use Russian Forces In Ukraine:
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-crimea-forces-russian/25281291.html
RFE/RL - Poll: Majority Of Russians Support Crimea Annexation, But Worry About Economic Effects (2019):
https://www.rferl.org/a/poll-majority-of-russians-support-crimea-annexation-but-worry-about-economic-effects/29859570.html
NPR - The view from border city Kharkiv, Ukraine, as Russian troops appear ready to invade:
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/13/1072867402/the-view-from-border-city-kharkiv-ukraine-as-russian-troops-appear-ready-to-inva
RFE/RL - Language Law For National Print Media Comes Into Force In Ukraine:
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-language-law-russian/31656441.html

Economic Impact on Ukraine

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Ukrainian Court Seizes Aerospace Company Motor Sich From Chinese Investors:
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-seizes-motor-sich/31161801.html
Aero Telegraph - Antonov hasn’t built an aircraft in five years:
https://www.aerotelegraph.com/en/antonov-hasnt-built-an-aircraft-in-five-years
CNBC - China to restart production of the world’s biggest airplane:
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/09/china-wants-to-build-the-worlds-biggest-airplane.html
Sputnik - After Ukraine Deal Falls Through, Thai Army Signs Off on Tanks Made In China:
https://sputniknews.com/20170405/ukraine-deal-thai-army-tanks-1052339255.html

Europe Whole and Free?

The Atlantic Council - STRATEGY OF “CONSTRAINMENT” Countering Russia’s Challenge to the Democratic Order (page 8/32 of the PDF):
https://www.cigionline.org/static/documents/documents/AC_Russia_StrategyConstrainment_R7.pdf
Atlantic Council - Damon Wilson Frontlines of Freedom Remarks (at 7 minutes):
https://youtu.be/kI4QDm5G-pE?t=428
The New York Times - Where Is Germany in the Ukraine Standoff? Its Allies Wonder:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/world/europe/germany-russia-nato-ukraine.html

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