If the West is fighting a war for democracy versus autocracy in Ukraine, as Jo Biden says, and if, as many experts think, Russia is slowly winning the war in Ukraine, then does that mean democracy is losing the war in Ukraine? Has the USA gambled with Western Democracy by provoking a war in Ukraine?
It has been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the Burning Archive has been covering the Russia-Ukraine-NATO war ever since. In this special episode marking the anniversary, Jeff Rich discusses:
his personal reaction to the war and the mainstream consensus on the war
views of leading expert on democracy, John Keane, on whether this is a war between democracy and autocracy, and
why he chose to speak out on the podcast to offer his alternative view on the war, in support of many experts who see this war as provoked by NATO's Eastward Expansion.
How secure is the future of democracy in the societies of the West? That is the question on today's Burning Archive.
You can read Jeff Rich's recent article, 'The Grand Illusions of the West in Ukraine published on John Menadue's Pearls and Irritations journal.
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89. Is Democracy Losing the War in Ukraine?