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Newsletter Nr. 980
Amsterdam, May 14th, 2022

A CONTEXT FOR SURVIVAL - The US, Russia and Ukraine - JEFF MEYERHOFF

I present a holistic understanding of the current Ukraine crisis using a Pragmatic integration of events. This understanding differs from the dominant view in US foreign policy circles, the US government and media, and the US public about the war. It is derived from and defended by using the work of longtime foreign policy scholars, diplomats, and administrators.

My argument is that the current Ukraine crisis needs to be understood within ever enlarging contexts that shape our understanding within our overarching goal. I define three nested contexts. First is the local war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Second is the larger context of the conflict between the US and Russia that contextualizes and overlaps the local war between Russia and Ukraine. And third, the larger US-Russian conflict is contextualized within our widest and gravest problem: the climate crisis.

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