Richard Sakwa: The Russo-Ukrainian War: Follies of Empire

Some history lesson : In 1991 Russia (USSR) granted sovereignty to UkrSSR aka 'ukraine' located in Russian Malorussia on certain strict condition : No NATO in ukraine, NO ukraine in NATO ,neutrality status of 'ukraine' . The criminal fascist coup in ukraine in 2014 triggered by CIA and MI6 effectively nullified all previous treaties with Russia including one of 1991. In 34 years ukraine proved without any doubt that it failed miserably and cannot create, build, think and prosper. Only destroy, steel, corrupt, arrest, torture, k1ll and cannot exists as an independent country. That's why Russia now has all legal rights to return all its lands of UkrSSR back to Russia. NATO weapons and troops in so called ukraine - is an open aggression against Russia and Russia would never allow it at any cost.

Over the last week you have been churning out top shelf, back-to-back content. thanks for your work glenn & prof sakwa for another great episode.

Thank you, Professor Glenn Diesen. I am Japanese, but I have been deceived by the propaganda of the Western media for a long time. This video woke me up.

Great to hear from an academic based in UK who does not parrot the establishment dribble

USA is a clone of the Roman Empire. I was reading a book by Montesquieu about the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, and what struck me most was how its leaders, soldiers, and citizens openly celebrated mass murder, the plundering of resources, and the invasions of other lands. These acts weren’t seen as crimes—they were glorified as triumphs. The more I reflect on it, the more I believe the Roman Empire never truly fell. Instead, it transformed. Its legacy lived on in the monarchies of medieval Europe—France, Spain, England—where conquest, hierarchy, and exploitation continued under new banners. From there, the imperial project crossed the Atlantic, embedding itself in the foundations of the United States. We are still living inside the same empire, one that began with the Ancient Greeks, expanded under Alexander the Great, and reached its zenith with Rome. The names have changed, the flags have changed, but the underlying system—the pursuit of domination, the celebration of conquest, the exploitation of others—remains. What we call “civilization” may in fact be the same empire, endlessly evolving, endlessly expanding.

Thanks for your many insightful interviews, way better than the silly mainstream.

America places forever economic sanctions on Cuba which is not a narco state, while it does business with Mexico which is the supreme narco state.

Lol, this dumbass pretends that Ukraine is some kind of unified group of people, fact is that many parts of it were added by Russian empire and later by Soviets, one of these parts doesn't want have to do with Ukraine and that's the whole south east

Nice interview

Nice podcast , listening to high intelligent men