Stephen Kinzer: How America Brought War to Ukraine

Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. Kinzer spent more than 20 years working for the New York Times, most of it as a foreign correspondent. Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: glenndiesen.substack.com X/Twitter: x.com/Glenn_DiesenPatreon: patreon.com/glenndiesen Support the research by Prof. Glenn Diesen: PayPal: paypal.com/paypalme/glenndiesenBuy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdiesengGo Fund Me: gofund.me/09ea012fBuy Diesen merchandise: diesen-shop.fourthwall.com/en-nokBooks by Prof. Glenn Diesen: amazon.com/stores/author/B09FPQ4MDL00:00 Stephen Kinzer introduces *Boiling Point*02:14 Why the “unprovoked” label prompted Kinzer’s research08:02 Tracing U.S. covert involvement back to 194713:33 How anti-Russia thinking shaped U.S. policy22:05 The post-Cold War chance for a shared security order23:47 NATO expansion, electoral politics, and defense interests32:15 Maidan and the shift in U.S. policy toward Ukraine39:57 Alliance choice, security dilemmas, and the Mexico comparison45:05 Kinzer’s aim: put the history before readers46:00 “How did the poison get in the wine?”