The West's Biggest MISTAKE | Prof. Alastair Renfrew
They keep portraying Russia as a power-hungry mad-dog. But the truth is that whoever the leadership in Moscow (or St. Petersburg) was, the one thing all leaders wanted above all, was security. Security from centuries of invasion. Just how to communicate that to a West that is hell-bend on claiming the Kremlin is an expansionist power?Professor Alistair Renfrew of Durham University discusses the West’s long-running misunderstanding of Russian security policy. He examines Russian fears of invasion, the civil war intervention, NATO expansion, Georgia, Ukraine, the Minsk process, failed peace talks, and Europe’s rearmament. Renfrew argues that Russia’s policy is mainly defensive and warns that Europe is taking risks without a clear path to peace.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:54 Why Russia Is Misunderstood
00:04:53 Soviet Fears and Foreign Intervention
00:09:50 Allied Intervention in 1918–22
00:13:16 The Lasting Impact of World War II
00:17:15 Why Russia’s Message Is Ignored
00:26:55 Georgia and the Provocation Trap
00:31:17 Minsk, Donbas and the 2022 Talks
00:35:11 Who Gains From the War?
00:42:59 Why Europe Is Rearming
00:49:58 Can Russia Avoid a Wider War?
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