The Russo-Ukrainian War as of October 2022 - Territorial Annexations and Tactical Nukes?! | Historical Context and Strategic Analysis of Putin's Byzantine Ambitions for a New Russian Empire

With the potential threat of (presumably tactical) nuclear weapons being used in anger for the first time since the Second World War looming on the horizon and amidst the recent territorial annexations of the four Ukrainian regions of Kherson, Zaporizhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk via a "totally legit" (at least according to President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation and his Ukrainian political collaborators) referendum, today I provide my perspective on the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine as of early October 2022 (with the obvious caveat that things are ever-changing in terms of the approximate state of play on the ground, which will of course require further elaboration future video and podcast episodes).

In particular, I delve deep into the fascinating, often overlooked historical context of how modern Russia developed its particular spiritual and political identity as well as how Moscow and its various policymakers seek to rewrite what it perceives as the historical errors that had led to the disintegration at the end of the 20th century of the Soviet Union (USSR) and the reduction of its territorial borders into what they were prior to Putin's quest to resurrect the Russian Empire and establish in the process his own place in world history as the modern version of Czar / Emperor Peter the Great.

This particular segment was made on the fly and off the cuff, and covers a whole slew of miscellaneous topics that contextualize both the Byzantine nature of Russia's imperial past as well as the present juncture in which the Kremlin has taken the notion of being a besieged fortress in the face of Western opposition to the brink of a crisis with the risk of further military escalation in the form of a nuclear strike that could have grave implications for not just the ongoing conflict between Kyiv (and by extension Washington and NATO via proxy) and Moscow, but humanity as a collective species. Join me in this episode to learn more!

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Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TPFCMear8Hk

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Articles Referenced in the Podcast:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/09/22/byzantine-history-putin-russian-empire/

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/66181

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Interactive Map of the Ongoing Conflict: https://liveuamap.com/

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Recommendations from the Show:

"RUSSIA-UKRAINE | A Real Nuclear Threat?" via Prof. James Ker-Lindsay | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz2YcYqU7sc&t=295s

"Crimea is running out of water" via CaspianReport | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqq8clIceys

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Previous Segments Mentioned:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KXpA6aqxt0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFiR2VX6PKQ&t=1064s

https://anchor.fm/getnuanced/episodes/A-Trip-to-Taipei-An-Overview--Strategic-Analysis-of-U-S--House-Speaker-Nancy-Pelosis-Anticipated-Visit-to-Taiwan-and-the-Ongoing-Cross-Strait-Crisis-with-Xi-Jinpings-China--JULY-2022-EDITION-e1lq5g6

https://anchor.fm/getnuanced/episodes/A-Neo-Ottoman-Foreign-Policy-in-Erdogans-Turkey---Understanding-the-Geopolitical-Situation-in-Northern-Syria-and-Ukraine---JUNE-2022-e1jvtr0/a-a50c7tb

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