Russia, Ukraine, and Avoiding WW III

[@NastyJuice777]

For all those who really wanna dig a little deeper and understand what's going on -I strongly suggest watching John Mearsheimer's lecture.

[@bigmoose143]

I will add one more to the excellent suggestion above, and that is to also watch Steve Cohen’s video on Ukraine. Bureaucrats like Fiona Hill is why we are where we are in Ukraine.

[@indio007]

Dig even deeper! Watch Bill Bradley on Russia and NATO Mar 4, 2008 None of this was a surprise.

[@alexfrost2276]

It's the worst advise anyone can give. Mearsheimer is just another Putin's crony. He's distributing Russian absurd narrative full of excuses for Russian imperialist policy.

[@bigmoose143]

@Alex Frost There is only one problem with your baseless assertion. Every single foreign policy expert on Eastern Europe and Russia has said the same over the last 15 years - NATO expansion is only going to create problems. From Kissinger to Bob Gates to Steve Cohen to William Perry, EVERY, SINGLE, ONE. While no provocation justifies aggression, the arrogance of western foreign policy is the reason world is in the place it is

[@Sandals578]

Ekaterina Shulmann is a good one too.

[@G00dwILLHuNt1n9]

She left out a very important part in regards to NATO. Nato hasnt been merely a backdoor. It actualized in 2019 aftter Ukraine ammended their constitution committing the country to becoming a member of NATO.

[@nigelbarker8726]

"Now look, stop letting the man wind you up and nudge you into doing what he wants. Start thinking bigger." She said.

[@janehale4402]

Knowledge, transparency, objectivity ,I was impressed by her testimony during the 1st impeachment, her broader experience shines through. Sadly her wise words in the past were not heeded, and the innocent in Ukraine are paying the price.

[@meti616]

crap

[@letranger6750]

Who led the innocent Ukrainians paying the ULTIMATE price, leading them in "spring garden" with false promises?

[@Skabanis]

This lady is not telling the full story or she know 5% of it…

[@letranger6750]

@@kevhcok9099 Good morning, The animosity towards Russia goes back few centuries: Russian resources, and Crimea being the main target because of it's location till civil revolution 1918 Brits, Checks, and USA tried to invade Russia for different reasons, it turned to disaster for invaders.I believe Some say to re-establish the tsar, others the spread of communism, I believe it's the latter

[@marianatoth5125]

JANE HALE, "Inocent in U-krayina" - [¿] REALLY - not more or less inocent than: *silent* U-krayiniens ... *silent* AMERICANS ... *silent* GERMANS ... *silent others* ... APPROVING *atrocities* all over the world commited by their 'elite' troops AND politiciens - from steeling election to genocide - in the end, APPROVING SLAVERY, duing the bidding of too many, *out-of-control* multinationals ...!!! [¿] *DO YOU KNOW U-krayina* , its state-sponsored *persecution of ALL other nationalities* AND, recently, *burnings* of Russians alive [!] AND, even, right now, war crimes indeed, *castration* of prisoniers/RUSSIANS soldiers - SAME U-krayiniens *persecuted* ALL nationalities, THEIR LANDS were stolen, starting in 18th c., ending with Stalin making big U-krayina - krayina na kraiu, translation: "country at the edge", country between borders, country without name ... A COUNTRY WITHOUT A SOUL !!! 🙏❤👍

[@ronjr831]

I read and enjoyed your book,There Is Nothing For You Here. Good for you going from the bottom to the top. It’s like winning the lottery. Very rare. Thanks.

[@Simko21]

After the Second World War, the USA pursued clearly defined interests in Europe. They founded the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to enforce them. The first NATO Secretary General, Lord Ismay, formulated its task unequivocally: "Keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down" - the Russians were to be pushed back from Europe, the Americans were to assert themselves permanently on the continent and the Germans were to be kept down.

[@SejSadiSagradi]

It has worked but this policy of endless expansion of NATO towards Russia has achieved something that will bite it severely in the butt: Alliance of Russia and China and dedolarizition of Eurasia.

[@xenicmark]

@@SejSadiSagradi Here's the thing. To establish a global currency you need a pretty stable economy, a trustworthy government and above all transparency. The Eurasian countries can barely trust each other, several are unstable and the most successful ones are US allies. China would be a candidate but it lacks transparency. The dollar is still around for a while I'm afraid. But let's say dedolarization happens, that hardly matters. Before the dollar became the global reserve currency, the Sterling was the global currency. And guess what, it's doing better than the dollar. So I really don't understand what the issue is.

[@hazelwray4184]

@@xenicmark the US doesn't have a stable economy nor a trustworthy government.

[@xenicmark]

@@hazelwray4184 Ok

[@knenda1]

This concept works fine for Europe. In fact EU can't even exist otherway, because is internally too much divided. Don't forget that EU is an american project, which was started after ww2, expanded after collapse of USSR and now is finally going to an end when EU reaches russian borders. The only problem is that Putin is not a fair sportsman :)

[@Anirossa]

This video is a breath of fresh air after having tried to find any valuable information about what is going on with Ukrain through news channel's content. So much bias information with lack of understanding out there. Thank you both for this video.

[@swissmiss221]

Brilliant woman! Glad I found this to broaden my understanding of what is going on. Thank you, Dr Hill

[@drnikita5807]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJymaqCQnMZ_eqs - realist international relations

[@unionjisage7813]

🤣🤣🤣

[@antonimonti6902]

She knows allot about nothing.. Harvard may as well be a strictly online neoliberal degree mill....nothig good comes out there anymore...

[@anthony64632]

@@antonimonti6902,perhaps you know zero

[@ButlerProspect]

The sad reality even at academic level most debates are now portrayed with politically bias, for instance the ilegal US Orange Revolution and Maidan Coup of a Democratic Elected Goverment played major role in the Ukraine crises is rarely mentioned, also the OSCE, UN have confirmed Georgia / Russia conflict was started by Georgia ( beleiving they had US support), yet its still viewed as Russian aggression even when tested evidence proved otherwise.

[@drnikita5807]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJymaqCQnMZ_eqs - time for a realist international relations to save Ukraine and Russia and the world from self-destruction.

[@33India6]

It’s pretty scary that he has to pretend not to know the background!

[@raybruce9522]

Exactly and the sad truth is that these academics should tell the whole story and they are not. Leaving out very important key points.

[@33India6]

@@raybruce9522😢😢😢

[@unionjisage7813]

What did you expect from DW NEWS🤣🤣🤣! Her expertise is a embarassment to her so called education.

[@franknisi1998]

Mearsheimer called this shot 6 years ago. Pathetic attempt herein of framing Putin as Trumpian, "make Russia great again." Pathetic that they can't play it straight without coloring with personal politics. Minsk accord ignored...

[@Skabanis]

Putin is playing 4d chess and we are worried about trans swimmers and what kardasian is farting out of her or his mouth…the west is crumbling

[@richardconnelly7141]

it would have been easier to invite russia into nato in 1990,putin when first elected asked clinton why not invite russia and there was no response

[@bouji_]

Russia didn't start the War in Donbas. It started after a coup happened in 2014 after which Donetsk and Luhansk voted to leave Ukraine, and Ukraine should have just let them leave.

[@martinredmond7407]

The brilliant Dr. Hill! She mentioned being creative, so now into the war I wonder how the west could creatively help Russia back out without losing 'face'. Seems a pointer in the violent end game. - Just a thought.

[@bobjohnbowles]

The idea of providing off-ramps didn't work before, hasn't worked in Ukraine since 2014, so what makes you think it would work now? Putin's war has already failed from the point of view of most of his stated aims at the start. When your enemy makes a mistake the best course of action is not to intervene. This is the end of Putin's career, it is just a question of trying to protect as many people as we can from his terminal frenzy.

[@martinredmond7407]

Processing the factual reality of the situation should influence policy makers feelings. It is when these feelings are brought into reality of a probably long and, in human terms, costly war, that an 'end game' of peace could happen.

[@brianfriedman101]

@@bobjohnbowles You are so delusional. Just keep feeding from the cnn fake news.

[@everythingsfine1395]

@@bobjohnbowles I’d say otherwise, Putin have succeeded once he invaded , his whole points of invading was keeping Crimea and Donbas keep the nato away and justify his military within Ukraine he did all of them , this is why harsh and illogical sanctions are thrown to him and to Russians , Ukraine will resist and they have to , Ukraine it’s gonna get fully destroyed if war didn’t stop

[@gunnarMyTube]

Russia will likely not want any help to "back out". The best is to not prolong Russian operations. They will occur anyway, only with more dead if using all the weapons that countries ship there.

[@StephiSensei26]

Fiona Hill is that "moment of clarity" in this "drunk with power" chaotic political world.

[@MichaelPhoenixCrow]

I think it is true we should go at this in a broader sense. However what the US has to do with Ukraine is pretty much A LOT! Who knows if the reasons are valid since we can not go back in time and manipulate and coerce less of the world stage. The reality as of now is that the US has consistently lost the plot and exemplifies what he declares it is against. I mean at present the US is complicit in everything in Yemen and yet we are going to arm Ukraine now too. The old strategies do not work for a multipolar world. The US needs to go back West willingly not by force. Russia head back East. Europe become independent. A broader example to the world could be that the US finally instead of threatening everyone and contradicting itself could publicly say hey yah we have been mucking shit up a lot and we will now restrain ourselves. More weapons in Ukraine is just going to Isis all over again with the Azov picking up all the guns and turning the Country into utter chaos. Why did we simply dismiss Putin for years over his concerns until he had nothing to lose?

[@everythingsfine1395]

The west either funds extremists or authorities we’ve seen this for years ,

[@TheHighlanderprime]

Dr. Hill is a clear national treasure. Why isn’t the Biden administration using such great resource in his cabinet?

[@JustMe-nf1mf]

Who says he isn't lol

[@r3v3rbs0ul]

Thanks Harvard and Dr Hill!

[@KepZubel]

I demand that Fiona do a program with Stephen Kotkin on Russia. RIGHT NOW.

[@bencarroll1122]

It wouldn't be terribly interesting. They'd alternate agreeing with one another.

[@ignaciopalomarez8920]

We need more people like Fiona Hill making the decisions on international affairs.

[@jorgepichardo7436]

Vladimir Puta will be assassinated by his own generals in 4 days

[@jorgepichardo7436]

Vladimir Puta will be assassinated by his own generals in 4 days

[@justiceforall6412]

Donald the CHUMP didn't think so.

[@drunkentigerindahood]

She really doesn't have much answers

[@czhaok]

British people are inherently smarter. Hence why America get most of their intelligence and analysis from us regarding other countries. , and use one of our large surveillance networks in the middle of nowhere, in England.

[@dapluz]

We need women with her broad vision and deep experience. Was a bit surprised about the narrow focus of Mr Allisons queations.

[@KarmaSuture]

I am going to have to rewatch this at least two more times in attempt to absorb how much knowledge was thrown at me. This is the first "bigger picture" analysis that REALLY opened my eyes. Excellent discussion. Thank you!

[@radiocassettehead]

this is propaganda, you still have your eyes closed

[@lewstherintelamon1377]

These are better: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqGnkJWejLR3esU kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHfRmJaVbbecjMU As is this older one, from the beginning of the war eight years ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5WYd6xph7Oej5I

[@camiemengineer]

IT HAS TO BE SAID THAT MUCH OF "YOUR SOLUTIONS", Dr. Fiona Hill, are akin to closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. You also didn't appear to answer many of the seminal questions put to you by Professor Allison and instead chattered away, like a machine gun, making very little sense.

[@Buckzoo2030]

It’s a mistake not to integrate Russia then into NATO back then. Though it’s always good strategically to keep an enemy that’s much weaker than it’s former self. However, at what price if it triggers a nuclear war.

[@drnikita5807]

Here's a realist view on the situation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJymaqCQnMZ_eqs and John Mearsheimer predicted this outcome back in 2015: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKOwmoaHdqyCiZY

[@G00dwILLHuNt1n9]

The focus should be in China which is a much more bigger piece to swallow

[@fredericrike5974]

Joe Stalin is not anybody I would "treat" with unless a gun was pointed at my head, much as Hitler was doing in 1940. Lying and deception are the largest tools of Russian diplomacy going back into the 19th century and further. General Patton may have had the right idea- it may seem repugnant to us today, as it did then to a war weary world, but it would have been much cheaper then. One thing stands out; Russia had little in the way of an internal oil business, state or otherwise- 8 in every 10 gallons of fuel oil or lubricants was lifted from US wells- eight in ten. The Russians still have problems with the military logistics train to support troops and mechanical war operations, even a few hundred miles into Ukraine and relatively close their own fuel depots. Thank you, Ms. Hill- wonderful summation of an incredibly complex problem that has many elements reaching back to and before WW2. And thank whomever put in the subtitles- Ms. Hill, you speak clearly but quickly as your passion gets engaged! FR

[@jbwentworthe6082]

The Good Lady is most militant. There are times to go on the offensive and times to gather strength. If she has a son or grandson she would like to send over to join Ukrain's fight with Russia, she is welcome and free to do so. American's have had a belly full of "police actions" around the world, none of which have been successful. We are up to our ears in debt and have, at the moment, a man in the Oval Office who, to be polite, is not up to making decisions setting WW III in play. The Minsk Agreement from 2014 is what Putin has been asking to be honored. Let's do that first and not rush in where Angels fear to tread.

[@7pinky791]

Absolutely, if the West really want to help Ukraine. We should help to broker peace talk. Sending them second hand weapons is just going to prolong the war. She is beating the war drums with gusto sitting in the comfort of her home while the ‘middle class blue eyed blonde’ refugees are fleeing their country. There’s more to this conflict than the main stream media is letting on. It has once again evolved into a proxy war.

[@celinehoward6730]

@@7pinky791 ĺ is is great place ĺ

[@williammarsh2713]

I don’t agreed. Putin put his people into running the state TV stations. Their job is to make Putin look like an angel if they want to keep their job. Our Liberal media TV etc… makes our Democrats look good, omits their screw ups, etc…. What the US needs is impartial investigational type media that reports both sides of an issue. Democracies need this type reporting more than anything to work properly. I’m sure there may be some bias reporting on the West’s side, but we are talking about many countries with different media which I doubt are colluding on the stories they are writing or reporting on. On the other hand Russian TV and reporting is 100% bias Putin’s way. As far as hitting civilian targets, that’s Russia’s mode of operation to demoralize their enemy and that’s sick. Speak to any Russian or Chinese that have moved to the US and has learned the language and they will say they have more freedoms and the media is more honest than Russian TV.

[@das250250]

I think you are being naive. Democracy and freedom costs. Otherwise, it falls into the hands of the barbaric . America of it chooses to sit idle will have upon its door the same situation you did when pearl harbour occurred .. it will be far cheaper and more effective if it acts now rather than later with a stronger adversary

[@geemo4284]

Ukraine would only have been able to hounour the Minsk treaty if Russia had, and they didn’t. Russian troops and weapons were not withdrawn from Donbass and Crimea continued to be occupied by Russia. Zelensky has, since the start of the war, also offered to confirm and make an agreement regarding Ukraine’s continued neutral status, in terms of NATO membership. How much leverage, exactly, do you think should be given to a man that will always want more?

[@Dan.50]

How much "funding" does Harvard get from the MIC?

[@lindapelle8738]

Wow, She sure knows her stuff. This is the best explanation of what’s going on that I have encountered.

[@drnikita5807]

Here's a realist view on the situation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJymaqCQnMZ_eqs and John Mearsheimer predicted this outcome back in 2015: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKOwmoaHdqyCiZY - his talk has gone to 21 million views in the last 2 weeks from 9million.

[@snowyowl6892]

“Russia has a military Trump card ….. “. Hmmmmm ? 🧐

[@snowyowl6892]

The large % of us has NO IDEA what is really going on - NONE ! The truth will out - but not for a while. We are not thinking outside the box. The “box” (television lol) has been programming and hypnotising us for too long. Throw out your Tele and dig deeper. The truth is not to be revealed by the usual Lame Stream Media and their Dark Overlords. Does anyone ever use their own intuition ? Hardly ever - we wait to be “told”. like good sheeple. The truth of what is transpiring is far more riveting than anything we are being fed. Mind blowing in fact!

[@jbwentworthe6082]

Why not round out your awareness over at "The Duran" . Excellent analyses from another view point.

[@deborahedelman2659]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@jeffberlin4179]

The problem. With Ukraine in NATO. NATO missiles will be right on the Russian border. The NATO approved solution. Russia needs to move their borders back a couple hundred miles. Does anyone other than Russia see a problem with this solution? I see a problem with it.

[@peace-now]

The root cause. Russia looks at what is happening. 30 years ago, countries like Romania, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Latvia, Hungary and many many others were in the Russian domain. If in another 30 years, the same happens, Russia will be depleted by around half what it is now. In 50 or so years, Russia could no longer exist. Obviously, from the Russian point of view, this is unacceptable.

[@stuartschneiderman8517]

That sounded like 'I don't know really'. How about Nato making a commitment for non membership of Ukraine and a summit. The problem is also the autocratic structure of the Russian state with its all powerful executive which scares the hell out of its neighbors, there has to be constitutional changes in Russia as well as a new balance in Europe.

[@brianfriedman101]

Autocratic like Trudeau's Canada?

[@stuartschneiderman8517]

@@brianfriedman101 Yes I agree Trudeau is acting in a tyrannical manner freezing people's accounts who even dared to contribute money towards the protest-however his emergency powers won't be allowed to go on and on and so far as I know journalists who criticize him don't suddenly become depressed and develop the impulse to jump off high rise buildings etc. With Putin he has absolute control over everything. Mikhail Gorbachev in 2012 said as much in an interview, Gorbachev as chairman of the central committee had not absolute control and could have been removed by a vote of the other council members, something that can't happen with Putin. And his neighbors know this and have become increasingly nervous about him as he built up more and more control of the Russian state, they know that the lust for power in rulers like this is unquenchable and that the next step is the invasion and control of other countries which is why they increasingly turned to NATO, and NATO was quite happy to oblige. As long as the Russian constitution allows a ruler to have this much power there will be problems.

[@aint_just_whistlin_dixie]

Anyone who has a framed panel of Bloom County hanging on their wall is a person to be listened to. Good interview.

[@magdalenajasiunaite2430]

is there a Christmas tree in a living room though on the 9th March???

[@daytraderelite]

She never talked about the NAZI's in ukrain.

[@moo4313]

I like how she said that Russia triggered the war in Donbas. She has no clue.

[@lewstherintelamon1377]

I'm pretty sure that the OSCE investigation into the 2008 war determined that Georgia attacked first. So while that's an example of aggression, it's aggression against Russia.

[@deborahedelman2659]

Excellent discussion of all the ins and outs of the current situation!

[@williamlewis8741]

What a wealth of knowledge this scholar brings to the table. Prophetically speaking: Daniel chapiter 11: Russia is the King of North and will test the King of the South (the Anglo-American alliance). The smoke and mirrors of diplomacy have no bearing on the matter. The universal issue is much larger than Russia and its dislike of NATO. Universal sovereignty is at issue. Who will rule this earth ?

[@bobjohnbowles]

Maybe we can get over these imperialistic ideas and start to live in harmony with each other. I'm not suggesting it is going to happen overnight, but just speaking for myself I don't want to be anyone's subject, I want to be and consider myself to be a citizen of the world.

[@williamlewis8741]

@@bobjohnbowles a brother among brothers living in peace and harmony without territorial conflict

[@craigkdillon]

The lady would call a glass 80% full, as almost empty. American analysts seem to suffer from the idea that if things are not perfect, then they are disastrous. That, of course, is ridiculous. 1. The US exit from Afghanistan, removes a dead weight. It frees up our assets and attention to be used elsewhere -- like the Indo-Pacific. 2. Why now?? This group of geniuses did not even consider Putin's increasing age. He may feel that he needs to achieve his goals now, before he is too old to do it. That may not be the reason, but to not even talk about this obvious issue is wrong. 3. I had to look at the date, March 9?. She talked about the political situation as it existed before the invasion. Since the invasion, NATO has been strengthened and given new purpose. The Republican past adoration of Putin is looking very bad, if not sick. Congressional fighting has greatly diminished. There has been a rallying around President Biden, and his poll numbers have increased. This lady needs to get out more, and read some current news. She is out of date.

[@tzenophile]

"The lady"... what are you, an 1800 fossil? Out of date indeed.

[@DS-fk7ed]

Wow, you know all of the answers and are clearly far more knowledgeable than these so called experts! So my question is why are you not the 'director for European and Russian affairs on the US National Security Council' instead of this Dr Fiona Hill?

[@craigkdillon]

@@DS-fk7ed Yeah, I know. Go figure. I am still waiting for a phone call.....

[@Karma-fp7ho]

Well spoken, thank you. “Business most unusual “.

[@miclewis55]

The argument that NATO only borders Russia by a tiny percentage of its border is absurd. NATO has been moving eastward for 28 years with the sole purpose of intimidating Russia by undermining its security and disrupting Russian commerce and general development whenever possible. Ukraine thought it amusing to lob shells into civilian Donbass for 8 years killing tens of thousands of Russian speaking Ukrainian citizens whilst NATO countries stood back and encouraged it. I spat my coffee all over the screen when Ukraine and ‘democracy' were quoted in the same sentance .

[@talk-supersix-seven6021]

So what was donbass before girkin/Strelkov pray tell? The security services officers that admitted the entire separatist movement would not have gone hot without his provocations and would have burnt out like Odessa and Kharkiv. Wow russia is such a victim my god, you’ve really convinced me. The most standard talking points that contravene everything we’ve witnessed in the past month. Moron. I’m sure even if Russia uses chemical weapons you’ll still be prattling about “but NATO started this because 1990s” the fact people like you seek out all these academic videos to repeatedly post these talking points without any adaptation to events from the start of the conflict to now shows your brainlessness or duplicity.

[@DEVILFISH1122]

So it was ok for Russia to invade and the anex part of Ukraine and then lob shells into Ukraine so no wonder Ukraine is going to lobb shells back but Ukraine took a lot more incoming than outgoing NATO is a defensive organization always have been I’ve trained with NATO in Germany we never trained to attack but to defend I got a bit of a chuckle when she says Putin is a shoe in to get re-elected because all his opponents are either dead or in jail, the fact is Pootin needs a war to stay in power but this time he’s bit off way more than he can chew .. Pootin is a mass murderer Psychopathic killer , it’s his fault this war 100%

[@helmutzollner5496]

as usual Fiona makes excellent points. So, we are in for full blown WW3 or more Russian appeasement and eventual WW3?

[@navketan1965]

Great Indian poet SAHIR LUDHIANVI put this eternal wisdom in his poem about 60 years ago---THE POEM IS ALL RELEVANT TODAY AS IT SHALL BE EVEN MILLIONS OF YEARS FROM THE PRESENT “Bloodshed (of the dead victims) be it ours or of strangers, after all it is the blood of humans Let the war be in the east or west does it not vitiate world peace Battle tanks may move forward or retreat (signifying a war won or lost) The land it moves on is rendered barren The victorious may rejoice, or the defeated may grieve The living always weep for the dead.” War is itself a problem/ What solutions can a war offer Today it will rain fire and blood, Tomorrow, hunger and scarcity. “That is why oh! noble humans, avoid war (and violence) Let the lamp of love burn in the courtyard of humanity.” THE Greatest Scientist EINSTEIN already warned us about EVILS OF MEN FIGHTING MEN WHEN HE ADDED THE FOLLOWING WISDOM--- "NEXT WORLD WAR WOULD BE FOUGHT WITH STICKS & STONES"

[@simonooi2544]

The poem like most wise man had spoken was indeed great message for humanity. But the biggest fundamental mistake man had done was created an the education system that feed selfishly on enlarging our egotistic needs. Society taught every man to compare, fight, overtake, overdo, control, subdue, to be better, richer, smarter, and powerful..... Even the religions were all doing the same expansionism characteristics of human being. Hence they fight, killed and destroyed each other in the name of God for several millennium, yet they proclaimed their god and religions to be holy. Be it religion, politics or any institutions, they were all destructive in nature. Man are all generally sleepy .

[@ELARTEDELAMOTO]

Maybe the solution may be, installing missiles in Cuba or Mexico in exchange for Ukraine getting into NATO.

[@Chinoy_]

Oh yah...that would be fair...to level the playing field. 👍Why American Politicians don’t understand this ...dunno..NATO serves the United States of America. NATO keeps the Russians at OUT, puts the Germans DOWN and keeps America IN .

[@pixie6133]

Dr. Fiona Hill has vast knowledge, by far. One variable not mentioned is maritime acquisition, Crimea and the entire Black Sea coast, inclusive of natural gas fields and maritime control. A couple of global fuel companies pulled infrastructure development when Crimea was invaded. Development would have brought Ukraine closer to EU and NATO requirements. Also natural gas pipeline leases to Europe from Russia, through Ukraine were very lucrative for Ukraine.

[@reginaldedward1757]

A Clinton supporter blaming this on Trump. I will boycotting Harvard after this!

[@amber40494]

They shut it down for the other pipeline that doesn't go through ukraine.

[@drnikita5807]

Here's a realist view on the situation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJymaqCQnMZ_eqs and John Mearsheimer predicted this outcome back in 2015: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKOwmoaHdqyCiZY

[@shinwaza1977]

What about US going into many countries (Afghanistan, Iraq, Seria...)?

[@czhaok]

The only thing I'm confused about is why there's a Christmas tree with a star on top on Fiona's door reflection 🥵

[@indrelonmuskindra5052]

It is not a Christmas 🎄. It is just a tree

[@healinghumanity1782]

Humanity has been following the same path of tribal loyalty for thousands of years. Then, suddenly a new situation of global interdependence has arrived. We don’t know what to do & we resist changing our attitudes. Are there people who can step up & help humanity to modernize mindset?

[@kerstinlampert7337]

Yes, a bigger picture is definitely needed now. Can we think this way? When we "see" what's happening through "small" TV screens.

[@agamemnonofmycenae5258]

People disagree on what exactly the "bigger" picture itself is. The higher you go the foggier it gets. Think about ideologies and religions. How do they interpret the bigger picture?

[@technologyandsociety21C]

I sure hope Ms. Hill is talking everyday with the Biden administration about this. They really need her help!

[@drnikita5807]

I hope she isn't. While intelligent and well educated, she is inconsistent and arrogant - not humble or honest enough to admit the geopolitical and international relations mistakes the US has made at the end of 20th century after the collapse of the Soviet Union and all through 21st century - pride comes before the fall. Here's a realist view on the situation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJymaqCQnMZ_eqs and John Mearsheimer predicted this outcome back in 2015: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKOwmoaHdqyCiZY

[@daniadejonghe4980]

dismembering Ukraine and handing it over to Russia wouldn't just be "unpalatable" it would be morally indefensible and heinous.

[@Shadow-1949]

If you give into bullying you will get more and more . You have to break the cycle . It’s almost as if the world needs a worldwide police department that each country decides if they wanted to join the group. It takes a lot of thinking to make it work properly

[@batukawa]

John Mearsheimer makes a lot of sense. Fiona Hill is not John Mearsheimer.

[@GrumpyYank26]

Glad its Ms Hill who has such knowledge and influence (hopefully) now, not Mr Allison who seems to have created a kind of mental box for himself. - aged Cantabrigian here.

[@juanluistostadocanales3955]

She forgot to mention the signing of the US-Ukraine Strategic Partnership, November 2021. Integrity

[@josephhuether1184]

I would like to see some discussion of the role that nuclear weapons play in ongoing statecraft of this sort. I only ask because in my observation, it severely limits the “military options” available…which is probably a good thing. For example: Does NATO discuss options such as (a) Furnish Ukraine with enough military, logistical and humanitarian support to maintain what is essentially a stalemate with projected casualties of less than 500,000 over 24 months….versus….(b) A direct military involvement with a 50 / 50 chance of “quick” outcome…but also a 1 / 1,000 chance of a “civilization ending” nuclear exchange between NATO and Russia. Were this to occur it would probably be “by accident” when the wrong missile and flick of birds meets up with the wrong early warning radar and launch computer algorithm…or something like that. NATO or the USA has never engaged in a direct shooting war against Russia beyond light skirmishing and depth charges dropped on nuclear armed Soviet subs during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Members of the “nuclear club” simply do not go toe-to-toe with each other. It’s too dangerous. Even India and Pakistan now conduct their “wars” with each other through proxies.

[@wisdaniel]

You cannot say that a nuclear event is a 1 in 1000 chance when you are dealing with a one man show, and that one man is a sociopath who cares about nothing, and no one, but himself and his ego. You can not attribute chance equations to a scenario like this.

[@josephhuether1184]

@@wisdaniel I am talking about probabilities and game theory that has been at the very center of nuclear command and control since the inception of the nuclear age. Rest assured, hundreds of “invasion of Ukraine” scenarios have been gamed out at NATO…including the “mad man” scenario. BTW…nuked are not launched by “one man with a button”

[@martinlopez7714]

Partially explaining this complex war. The EU offer to Ukraine was business with the EU and not Russia. Russia had economic, cultural and ethnic relations with Ukraine. The loss of those ties Russia could not tolerate. Ukraine joining NATO was the final straw! WAR

[@chrislecky710]

We are all having some really sophisticated civilised conversations about the many examples of why we are not at all sophisticated or civilised. Yet unless someone like me breaks it down in such as way most are totally blind to it... In other words we have advanced language an advanced societal structure ,even examples of advanced technology but without the advanced mentality to go with it...and its never been more apparent that we are not anywhere near as mature as a species as we think we are...

[@MsUtuber2]

Is it helping the dialogue to list everything no country will do as a defense?

[@harrymsung]

By the way, I forgot to mention that I like and respect both of them.

[@dutchvanhelsing6671]

She needs to come home and be our Prime Minister...

[@bobjohnbowles]

She is too clever.

[@theservantsofthesoul1606]

Sometimes the most far reaching noise that you can make comes not in the form of an explosion, but more possibly in the form of a sincere and silent prayer - a vibration of love that echoes far out into the Universe. I pray deeply for all the people stuck in this most dreadful situation. I hope peace and victory come very soon. May God and all His Highest Angels shower their blessings down on the Ukraine. I produced a moving instrumental Peace song with my band in Chicago two weeks ago that we posted on KZbin that pays tribute to the Ukrainian people. It is called "Ukraine 2022 (A Song for Peace)". Thanks for listening if you do.

[@fredericrike5974]

With the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church on his side, Putin makes claim to being on the side of the angels too. But that is to be expected from Putin's butt boys- which doesn't make it any less effective in his "home market". FR

[@JoaoCosta-pn9im]

Brilliant woman!

[@JellyFlavoredGerman]

When was this recorded?

[@michaeldee7046]

march 9

[@Intelerythm]

1/19/2022, according to the first page of the PowerPoint at the beginning of the video.

[@anngeorge6309]

Why is there captions in English when the speaker is communication very very well in English. It is an insult to us English speaking communicators, who don’t have a ‘British’ or ‘American’ accent to be subjected to this. I am not tech savvy so I don’t know that sub titles like in this case is what individual viewers choose to do. All that I can say is that I did not do anything and I have these sub titles coming up.

[@randalstilskin5266]

If she really knew what she was talking about there wouldn't be soo many foreign policy screw ups under her advisement.

[@fredericrike5974]

She was "fired" by the most incompetent jack ass to hold the American Presidency in many decades- Herbert Hoover was the last bat blind fool to hold that office, IMHO. Ms. Hill refused to deliver analysis that agreed with Trumpist beliefs and policy, even when there was considerable evidence they were wrong- as he fired many, many others. FR

[@Rnankn]

A gendered approach: Russia is a large tough nation with a glorious past, and like masculinity uses its strength to conceal its insecurities demanding attention and respect. When its honor is challenged, it gets violent. Ukraine is a younger, fresher, fertile land, confident and despite past mistreatment was rediscovering its independence. Russia treats Ukraine like an abusive ex-husband who is obsessive, jealous and still crazes affection. When Ukraine flirts with anyone else, Russia comes in and “saves” its estranged love interest by physically forcing it back into submission, and making perfectly clear to prospective suitors that its “property” is its “territory” alone and not to be looked upon, and certainly not touched by another masculine nation. On top of being brutal and criminal, it feels like toxic and creepy. Even more so as Ukraine goes from being defiant to reluctantly conceding parts of its own autonomy. Ukraine’s women are a key part of the resistance, and research has shown this is key to resisting invasion successfully. At the same time, Russia is targeting civilians, especially women and children, as if to punish their betrayal.

[@patkarpf4386]

I can appreciate your analogy.

[@darkmath100]

The crypto-Nazi all male billionaires running the Military Industrial Complex and Big Pharma thank you for your comment Rn...

[@czhaok]

If you think Russia is a " tough" nation in the first line, I'd be wasting my time reading the rest of your comment. Nuclear weapons aside, they have been very over hyped as a power. In terms of GDP, world influence, strategic prowess, military power, equipment and capability.

[@darkmath100]

@@czhaok Overhyped? The US just got kicked out of Afghanistan not Russia.

[@stephenlock7236]

Exactly how the US regime and its western allies sees it. But that's not how Russia do.

[@megwatts1903]

I am a shameless Fiona Hill fanboy. I just am. She's a brilliant person.

[@eriksau]

Talk about having a direct link between brain, mouth and tongue

[@chriswelsh8826]

Ha

[@suzettejansen9808]

Harvard no longer has a moral compass.

[@thecount1001]

everything she says here is echoed in the many talks i've watched with John Mearsheimer over the years. Russia is obsessed with the Ukraine in all respects and Putin has been sabre rattling forever at the slightest moves, which he views as gross provocations. the British ship in the Black Sea was viewed as an act of war, just for being there.

[@drnikita5807]

Not everything. John Mearsheimer is more consistent and not afraid to say when US made mistakes. Here's a realist view on the situation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJymaqCQnMZ_eqs and John Mearsheimer predicted this outcome back in 2015: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKOwmoaHdqyCiZY

[@subcomandanteiska6134]

he was not just there, he purposefully violated the border by swimming to the Crimea, a provocation

[@scottn1405]

The British ship was within the 12 mile limit from Crimea. Saber rattling? Mearsheimer makes it very clear that this crisis is the fault of the West, and that the US has dont more than it's share.

[@theyareallliars3893]

How about what we did to Iraq and Afghanistan?

[@miclewis55]

We were bringing democracy to those people by killing 1.2 million of them . Liberals have conveniently erased those wars of aggression from their fairytale world view.

[@williammarsh2713]

What about the agreement Russia had to not invade & the US to protect Ukraine when they gave up their nuclear weapons. I did not hear any mention of that in the conversation.

[@kylemoghadam9011]

Fiona I always enjoy your command of the history and geopolitics. It helps a lot in your public speaking if you refrain from using "you know" in your dialog. This habit really takes away from the effectiveness of your message .

[@treering8228]

She was having a conversation on film. Being herself, thinking quickly

[@susandibiase9250]

What an amazing, brilliant interview! If her verbal pauses gave her a moment to collect her thoughts, we are all the better for it. Dr. Hill was talking with an old colleague and mentor, hence the informality. What is wrong with you KZbin patrons making petty criticisms? Absolutely brilliant analysis, among the best and most comprehensive I’ve heard.

[@Simko21]

I think it is obvious that the process of NATO enlargement has nothing to do with the modernization of the Alliance itself or with ensuring security in Europe. On the contrary, this is a provoking factor that lowers the level of mutual trust. Now we have the right to ask: who is this enlargement aimed at? And what happened to the assurances that our western partners gave us after the collapse of the Warsaw Pact? Where are these explanations now? You don't even remember them anymore. But allow me, before this audience, to recall what has been said. I would like to quote a speech by the Secretary General of NATO, Mr Wörner, in Brussels on May 17, 1990. At the time he said: "The very fact that we are ready not to deploy NATO forces beyond the borders of Germany gives the Soviet Union firm security guarantees." Where are these guarantees?" WLADIMIR PUTIN-2007-MUNICH

[@gunner678]

It's easy to see the parallel here with the US reaction to IRBMs deployed in Cuba.

[@drnikita5807]

Here's a realist view on the situation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJymaqCQnMZ_eqs and John Mearsheimer predicted this outcome back in 2015: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKOwmoaHdqyCiZY

[@TheHighlanderprime]

Fiona Hill is a wealth of knowledge and clarity. What a brilliant mind!

[@drnikita5807]

Here's a realist view on the situation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJymaqCQnMZ_eqs and John Mearsheimer predicted this outcome back in 2015: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKOwmoaHdqyCiZY

[@kiwicodger]

Fiona Hill has overcomplicated the situation and befuddled herself to such an extent that she proffers no solution. This Ukrainian affair can only be resolved around the negotiating table. The sooner this happens the better. Anything else is extremely dangerous...as we are now witnessing.

[@ontheland5055]

What you are advocating is perpetual war. Russia has no intention of ceding any Ukrainian Territory to the West.

[@irynasakharchuk7044]

this war from Russia and US ,UE. no war,no arms,no nato,peace in all world🙏

[@ViktorFerenczi]

The situation has just gotten worse in the month since this video came out...

[@jand1144]

Thank you fiona💯 The most straight forward answer I've hear on what Russia actually wants as an end goal in Ukraine 🇺🇦 Now it's time for the 🌍 to stop those little green men 🪖

[@seanmellows1348]

A good discussion. The fact that Putin makes it all about the USA arguably means that it will be up to the USA to make the difference, to find that “golden bridge” of retreat. A way to have multiple parties claiming success with nobody actually satisfied. Putin essentially demands Biden be involved, so won’t he ultimately have to be?

[@KerrieRedgate]

Really excellent commentary here. Thank you, Fiona. This is the broadest and most comprehensive perspective I’ve heard so far.

[@drnikita5807]

Here's a realist view on the situation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJymaqCQnMZ_eqs and John Mearsheimer predicted this outcome back in 2015: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKOwmoaHdqyCiZY

[@countaplay6749]

This anything but excellent or comprehensive. She ignores many of the variables in play, must notably the demographic variables in play in Ukraine. If you want a better take, Vijay Prashad has some videos/interviews that get into the nuance. Fiona Hill is a tool that puts a nice shiny veneer on a subject, but once you understand the subject, you'll see she's really not saying anything at all.

[@vhjul6016]

She is literally lying about everything, read the other comments and see how much is wrong. Please do research instead of listening to this propaganda.

[@stephanielash8270]

Hill is just so much smarter than her interviewer. He keeps getting stuck, not able to see the big picture and the wider implications.

[@drnikita5807]

Here's a realist view on the situation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJymaqCQnMZ_eqs and John Mearsheimer predicted this outcome back in 2015: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKOwmoaHdqyCiZY

[@francismallett8551]

The current tendency to use 'you know' in almost every sentence is very annoying! It seems to have replaced the use of 'So' at the start of a sentence, and often indicates a lack of clarity of thought.

[@oksanna1985]

Please donate to support Ukraine 💙💛

[@horatiobeaker]

I feel much better knowing that I’m not the only one who still has their Christmas tree up.

[@chriswelsh8826]

Ha

[@ontheland5055]

Dr Hill explains why Russia is serious about Ukraine not having any connection with NATO. Then she say's we can't ignore that. What does she mean, by we can't ignore that? Is she saying, therefore we should be tougher on Russia, demand an end to her collaboration with Belarus? What exactly does she think the greatest military and economic power in the world "has" to do, because Russia doesn't like Ukraine talking to any NATO ally? She talks about Russian aspirations, as if the Russian state has coherent aspirations. Maybe, she is right. Maybe we aren't dealing with arbitrary rule by a fascistic dictator. Maybe, we are dealing with a political elite which has a clear policy framework and who support the supposed dictator Vladimir Putin only if he furthers their political agenda. It's not money that interests them. They could care less about Ukranian oil. Is this what she is saying? Russia, not Putin, wants to rewrite European History for the last thirty-years to achieve a more satisfactory political arrangement? Goodness me. And, now, according to Dr Hill, we in the West are in a "very difficult" position. Why? Because, the UK has to replace Johnson with somebody who supports his foreign policy to the gills? Because, of a perceived weakness? Because, of frictions in an alliance with over 30 countries having a combined annual military budget of more than a trillion dollars, compared to Russia's $70 billion dollars per year in military spending? Because, of a combined NATO economy of over $40 trillion dollars compared to Russia's economy of $1.8 trillion dollars? We should be shaking in our boots? Really? Russia has us, where she wants us? Is that what she is saying? Who is pulling these people's strings, and how do they come up with this stuff? Who are they advocating for? Cheap Russian gas, and a state of perpetual war which would only serve the American military industrial complex? Obviously, they've been talking this way from the beginning. We need to put an end to this.war. Let's support the Ukrainians and get the job done. So we that we aren't dragged into conflict ourselves. Russia can share the frigging black sea with Turkey, and Ukraine in the same way every other normal country has to do share their waters with their neighbours. What kind of mind game are we playing here? Is this the choice we must make, between weak willed idiotic Democrats and evil gone-rogue pirate-Republicans? I mean, Trump would be sending military aid to Russia were he in power. He'd want a cut in the booty. Dr. Hill should check out a map of Eastern Ukraine some time. Because, this is as crazy as crazy gets.

[@dotpeat1372]

Sorry for the old chap, the lady is clearly(very understandably), the bigger picture! UN is also gratified by the USA, EU and are per default in this unlawful war. And YES, I will (being EU) fight over Ukraine as our free thinking future is at stake. I would personally take the US flag from the old man's jacket as he doesn't have clue what it represents, stating 'he would not fight for Ukraine... the git'. This interview makes my stomach turn; clearly the lady is 100(if not 200)% right.. UN has to step in and WE(the free western world) have prepare to fight ChiRus for further suppression!

[@cbrashsorensen]

Typical "old man" waging his...coward.

[@artistforfreedom]

Why? Why did they want to join NATO? Who pulled that thread? What was Russia doing causing Ukraine and Georgia to move to the West? NATO is there because of Russia's history. Void in this info are the people on the ground.

[@elizabethfitzgibbon3908]

You are brilliant as a lecturer!

[@olgadeklerk4645]

Pretty poor understanding of the R/U conflict.

[@markteague8889]

Did the Russian’s take that steel plant to which all the coal from Appalachia was being shipped?

[@seanpatrick1243]

Нет войнe! Желаю силы украинскому народу. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 И желаю мужества российским протестующим.🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺 No war! Strength to the Ukrainian people. And courage to the Russian protestors.

[@czhaok]

Ukraine will never be able to join NATO now. Also Russia had Crimea and 2 eastern regions since 2014. Ukraine will never get those back. So what exactly are Ukraine dying for? All of those 4 conditions will be met by Ukraine sooner or later.

[@joewong438]

Ukraine has been letdown by Uncle Sam and its Allies. Uncle Sam is looking out for self interest only. They will use you like a piece of Kleenex.Sad World we live in.

[@McCRBen]

The rules of the UN allowing a veto by the very country committing war crimes through aggression are ridiculous. Having invaded a member country of the United Nations, Russia should be expelled. Ukraine should be defended by any of the 141 countries who voted against Russia’s invasion. The borders of Ukraine should go back to when the non proliferation agreement was signed with Russian involvement in 1994 before any sanctions are lifted.

[@seanpatrick1243]

Wow! Vova is looking for a way out saving face. He has his trolls negotiating an exit for his humiliating loss. Just get out Vlad!

[@TheHighlanderprime]

@@czhaok They will join nato if their self determination is defended despite Putin muddying up the narrative to suit his fancy. The bad guys won’t have the last word as you cynically assume. Russia’s military just got exposed and badly defeated so far in a few weeks. Even if they(Putin) take Kyiv, they can’t hold Ukraine while the Russian economy and currency crumbles. Russia has spread itself thin in an effort to control a country that doesn’t belong to them. It’s an expression of weakness, jealousy and paranoia that summarizes Putin’s rationale.

[@Beautifulmpa]

Thanks for giving me an understanding that I was able to comprehend clearly. Fiona made a great deal of sense. Well said. Thanks.

[@scottn1405]

Who appeased who prior to 2021? The US/NATO begin flooding Ukraine with weapons and training their troops in 2015. That contiues to this day. You may say it was Crimea or Donbas, but those were reactions to theviolent US overthrow of the democratically elected govt of Ukraine in 2014

[@lindacovaci6916]

We dont want war we r free and we want to be free

[@sa-nn1ny]

Fiona Hill is one of the people that led us to this problem. Her hawkish attitude will only lead to WWIII

[@eineausdempublikumhier]

Interesting that the lady doesn't notice, that she's not answering the questions: how far the US involvment should go.

[@Soshin39]

I think Fiona Hill is such an intelligent commentator but her verbal tic of using ‘you know’ every second word is very distracting.

[@lynbeck2359]

Brilliant Fiona

[@lubakaczmar3198]

Build back better 700 billion to the Military ✅

[@khosenetobatysta5465]

It cannot be forgotten that the independence and sovereignty of Ukraine were gone in 2014, thanks to the coup d'état sponsored by the Anglo-American terrorist empire.

[@DS-fk7ed]

Oh, for god's sake. What a glib and cliched response to the discussion. This has to be, out of all of the comments I have read about the current situation, the most irresponsible and evidently brainwashed post on KZbin.

[@Multheman01]

If that’s what Russia really thinks about NATO and the USA dominance of it, then I think they have miscalculated. I’m sorry but the USA cannot order any nato nation to do what the US wants. It’s not set up that way. NATO is a partnership of Independent countries who will come to an agreement if threatened. Article 5 if I’m not mistaken. I think the USA has handled the Ukraine conflict well, let’s not be dragged into a war that does not directly affect the NATO alliance. Having said that NATO should stop expanding, it should not be dragged into political agendas, it’s not the world’s policeman!