Why Russia Fights | UnArchived

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For centuries, fueled by historical, cultural, and geopolitical drives, Russia has been willing to sacrifice millions of its own people in expansionary wars with rival nations. This ethos, even in its mostly secular present-day form, has led Russia to believe that victory - at any cost - is all that matters. To better understand Putin and the war in Ukraine, it is imperative to not only understand Russia's objectives, strategies, and logistics, but to understand what drives such aggressive behavior; to understand why Russia fights.
Be sure to watch this episode's companion piece from UnArchived - "Russian Way of War" here: www.policyed.org/unarchived/r...
Read Issue No. 87 and more from Strategika, "The Russian Way of War" here: www.hoover.org/publications/s...
Watch "The History Behind Russia's Expansionary Foreign Policy" with Stephen Kotkin here: www.policyed.org/policy-stories/history-behind-russias-expansionary-foreign-policy/video
Watch Condoleezza Rice's discussion from Hoover's Policy Boot Camp on Russia, China, and Great Power Competition here: www.policyed.org/lessons-hoov...
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The opinions expressed in this video are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Hoover Institution or Stanford University. © 2024 by the Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University.

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@poohoff 23 күн бұрын

Now the question is why does the US do same thing

@thenewmayorofcrazytown7392 23 күн бұрын

I think we were all thinking that

@CommonSwindler 23 күн бұрын

Because (along with England, ie the English political tradition) it’s, well… actually true.

@petrskupa6292 23 күн бұрын

US to my knowledge does some mess, yet it doesn’t conquer and annex any regions or countries (not to mention neighbors). Whatever anger I might have on US for Iraq war, people in Iraq are not forced to do everything in English, pay in dollars, forget their own traditions and live under centralized government in Washington (without any elections to boost). The difference is in just that. Ruzzia DOES conquer and expands there.

@Joseph-xt2qg 23 күн бұрын

Exactly! In a game of international politics, the US would never allow a rival military organization to even approach its borders

@Giorno. 22 күн бұрын

There are two types of countries: big countries and small countries. Big countries are big and strong, so they coerce their neighbors to maintain local hegemony. Small countries are small and weak, and they usually become vassal states of big countries near them. Russia is a big country, so it is coercing its neighbors. The US would do the same Russia is doing to Ukraine to Mexico if Mexico entered into a military alliance with China. Ukraine was just stupid to attempt to join NATO.

@TheRealBillBob 22 күн бұрын

I had to stop watching halfway through because I was losing so many braincell from this crap. The narrator clearly leaves out the countless times it had been attacked from Europe and Scandinavia over the centuries as reasons why it's always trying to extend it's borders with buffer states.

@WalterBurton 23 күн бұрын

How much did this incoherent mess cost? Just curious. 🤨

@user-xp5id1kh4r 22 күн бұрын

Bro... its an extraordinarily BASIC videographic/whiteboard "mixed media" video... you could literally make it on PPT. LOL. In other words, it cost about zero dollars and was probably just an intern using the some sort of basic/common editing software license that they already had. Like, literally 6th graders make these types of videos, lmaooo

@ableasdale2000 23 күн бұрын

Projection much?

@user-xp5id1kh4r 22 күн бұрын

Who was projecting about what specifically?

@user-kx5zd6dt1h 22 күн бұрын

Bring Sowell back

@user-kx5zd6dt1h 22 күн бұрын

Hypocrites at Hoover

@trogdortpennypacker6160 22 күн бұрын

US and Russia suffer from the same issue, exceptionalism. Not the only nations to suffer from this mind you, but it leads both to think the rules don't apply to them. Though this video is pretty garbage, what does Russia have to do with Moldova, Serbia, and Macedonia? WTF. Georgia invaded South Ossetia and Russia pushed them back to maintain the status quo from the Ossetia-Georgia civil war. Ukrainian-American Michael Kofman has a good write-up on what happened.

@maejohannsebastian7142 22 күн бұрын

Nonsense.

@user-xp5id1kh4r 22 күн бұрын

What Specifically was nonsense about it?

@BABYPOP028 23 күн бұрын

New video format was excellent / educational! Well done

@TheRealBillBob 22 күн бұрын

Bot

@Loreless 22 күн бұрын

Based

@GarryRai-vl4sy 3 күн бұрын

There is so much misinformation in this video, wow.

@dentpeninde 23 күн бұрын

I don't want to help Ukraine.

@johnl5316 23 күн бұрын

I do. Finns and Estonians really do

@Blinder275 23 күн бұрын

Spasibo, Comrade!

@olgajoachimosmundsen4647 23 күн бұрын

What is right and just in your opinion? And why?

@user-xp5id1kh4r 22 күн бұрын

Well... I DO! And so do the majority of Americans I know do too! So... hopefully we don't fall for Russian Kremlin propaganda that infiltrates our media and does targeted social media campaigns to feign "dissent" on the topic

@user-xp5id1kh4r 22 күн бұрын

@@olgajoachimosmundsen4647 For Russia to take over and conquer Ukraine, obviously! You silly goose. Russia can invade and conquer any country in its "region" just because it feels like it or is "scared" of a country with one tenth of the economy, a quarter of the population, and a microcosm of the military materiel and capabilities as their bigger, stronger, aggressive neighbor, i.e., Russia. Basically, Russia can do whatever it wants "within reason". In other words, Russia good but West bad.

@user-hn7wv5rn4u 17 күн бұрын

Наверно, поэтому Кондолиза любит читать русского Достоевского ! Это великий русский писатель из просто России. Исключительностью страдают сша и Англия ……мне стыдно за вас . Что вы так алчны. Грех! Смертельный грех.