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How did the IR community get Russia/Ukraine so wrong?

3 points by gz5 4y ago

WalterGR 4y ago
IR = International Relations
eveningcoffee 4y ago
If you are interested in deeper understanding of the situation in Ukraine Were you for example aware that most of the Azov Battalion fighters were Russian speakers and it consisted also number of Ukrainian Jews, also among its founders? I discovered this when I tried to confirm to myself if they really are Nazis as is claimed by the Russian propaganda. Here is how Ukrainian Jews who have been working with the battalion see it https://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-zelensky-adviser-40-jewish-heroes-fighting-in-mariupol-steel-plant/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-zelensky-adviser-40-jew... This article is from 2018 about the Jewish situation in Ukraine https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/features-russian-44110741 https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/features-russian-44110741 Historian Kamil Galeev has many very insightful Twitter threads about Ukraine and Russia (he is born in Kazan). Very deep historical perspective about this conflict https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1516162437455654913.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1516162437455654913.html Reflection on 8 year Donbas war effect on Ukrainian society, especially on Russian speaking one https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1504103672019513345.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1504103672019513345.html I would also recommend another historian and Holocaust researcher Timothy Snyder His take on Putin ideology (recent) https://snyder.substack.com/p/russias-easter-offensive https://snyder.substack.com/p/russias-easter-offensive His take on Putin ideology (2018) https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/03/16/ivan-ilyin-putins-philosopher-of-russian-fascism/ https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/03/16/ivan-ilyin-putins-p... No, Ukrainians have not done something that Putin is trying to do. No, if you say something like this, you are missing the point by miles. If you want to understand what Putin is trying to do, I recommend you to take little time and watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRUepc-7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRUepc-7

3 points by gz5 4y ago

IR = International Relations

If you are interested in deeper understanding of the situation in Ukraine Were you for example aware that most of the Azov Battalion fighters were Russian speakers and it consisted also number of Ukrainian Jews, also among its founders? I discovered this when I tried to confirm to myself if they really are Nazis as is claimed by the Russian propaganda. Here is how Ukrainian Jews who have been working with the battalion see it https://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-zelensky-adviser-40-jewish-heroes-fighting-in-mariupol-steel-plant/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-zelensky-adviser-40-jew... This article is from 2018 about the Jewish situation in Ukraine https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/features-russian-44110741 https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/features-russian-44110741 Historian Kamil Galeev has many very insightful Twitter threads about Ukraine and Russia (he is born in Kazan). Very deep historical perspective about this conflict https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1516162437455654913.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1516162437455654913.html Reflection on 8 year Donbas war effect on Ukrainian society, especially on Russian speaking one https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1504103672019513345.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1504103672019513345.html I would also recommend another historian and Holocaust researcher Timothy Snyder His take on Putin ideology (recent) https://snyder.substack.com/p/russias-easter-offensive https://snyder.substack.com/p/russias-easter-offensive His take on Putin ideology (2018) https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/03/16/ivan-ilyin-putins-philosopher-of-russian-fascism/ https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/03/16/ivan-ilyin-putins-p... No, Ukrainians have not done something that Putin is trying to do. No, if you say something like this, you are missing the point by miles. If you want to understand what Putin is trying to do, I recommend you to take little time and watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRUepc-7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRUepc-7