Diesen Masterclass: NATO Expansionism as the Root Case of the NATO-Russia Ukraine War
Nails it.
Published: 2025-02-04
In under 27 minutes Prof. Glenn Diesen summarizes the end of the Cold War to present day block politics. He describes the transformation of the peace achieved by negotiation between the US, Europe and its largest nation Russia, into the hegemonic NATO expansionism which necessitated the conflicts between NATO and Russia over the last 15 years culminating in the current crisis in Ukraine.
During his succinct presentation Diesen quotes: US Presidents Bush (elder and younger) & Clinton, UK Prime Minister Blair, German Chancellor Merkel, Former Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev, US Secretaries of State Albright & Baker, US diplomats Matlock, Freeman, Kennan & Burns and cites the 1975 Helsinki Accords, the 1989 Malta Summit, the 1990 Charter of Paris for a New Europe, the 2008 Bucharest NATO Summit Declaration and more.
The presentation is a geopolitical masterclass on this historical period and the causes of the current conflict between the failing hegemonic US and a resurgent Russia Federation allied with China and other BRICS/SCO member states.
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Sources
NATO Expansionism and the Collapse of Pan-European Security; Glenn Diesen; Glenn's Substack; 2025-02-03
[US] NATO v Russia: 2014 - 2024, YesXorNo, 2024-03-09
Culture
Reap What You Sow - Rachel Croft (Official Music Video); Rachel Croft; Rachel Croft; 2021-07-23
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