THE VIDEO SHELF · ukraine crisis realism
Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer
University of Chicago lecture in which John Mearsheimer argues the West, through NATO and EU expansion, bears primary responsibility for the Ukraine crisis. He also discusses how to end it and its consequences.
Why HN readers recommended it
During 2022 HN threads, commenters shared it as the realist counter-perspective to understand the Russian position, though others dispute his record.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- The University of Chicago
- Topic
- ukraine crisis realism
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 9
- HN mentions in dataset
- 20
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I fully support the sovereignty of Ukraine, but I understand the Russian position from watching Prof. John Mearsheimer lectures, particularly this one: Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? [VIDEO] John Mearsheimer John Mearsheimer is an American political scientist and international relations scholar, who belongs to …
labrador on Hacker News · 2022-01
In Russia says Ukraine talks hit 'dead end', Poland warns of risk of warHere’s a good explanation: [VIDEO] In short, Russia has no intention to conquer Ukraine, but Russia has vital strategic interest there. With its actions it pursues to block eastwards expansion of NATO by wrecking the candidate states. At the same time, NATO policy is quite …
ivan_gammel on Hacker News · 2022-01
In U.S. weighs sending 5k troops to Eastern Europe to counter RussiaI'm not "enlightened", and you can draw your own conclusions. But they don't have to annex Ukraine, they can just mess it up and cripple its military. At the least, Putin's stated aim is "demilitarization" of Ukraine. As for the comparison with the Baltic states, …
Svettie on Hacker News · 2022-02
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