Serhii Plokhy on the Russo-Ukrainian War

The fact that Ukraine can be a democracy.... presents a threat to the authoritarian regimes in Moscow and Minsk of the sort that NATO would never actually present.
Serhii Plokhy

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Serhii Plokhy is a Professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University and the Director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. He’s written many books including The Gates of Europe (amzn.to/3BbSf2b), Nuclear Folly (amzn.to/3VQSYPG), and Atoms to Ashes (amzn.to/42oQQRM). His most recent book is The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History (amzn.to/3nGTsLL).

Key Highlights
• Introduction - 0:37
• Ukrainian Political Identity - 2:39
• Background on the War - 18:31
• Causes of the War - 26:22
• Nuclear Power in a War - 36:06
Key Links

The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History (amzn.to/3Mca3jW) by Serhii Plokhy

Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters (amzn.to/3nMxOpc) by Serhii Plokhy

Learn more about the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (huri.harvard.edu)

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