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Serhii Plokhy on the Russo-Ukrainian War Democracy Paradox

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The fact that Ukraine can be a democracy.... presents a threat to the authoritarian regimes in Moscow and Minsk of the sort that NATO would never actually present.
Serhii Plokhy

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Serhii Plokhy is a Professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University and the Director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. He’s written many books including The Gates of Europe, Nuclear Folly, and Atoms to Ashes. His most recent book is The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History.

Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:37Ukrainian Political Identity - 2:39Background on the War - 18:31Causes of the War - 26:22Nuclear Power in a War - 36:06Key Links

The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History by Serhii Plokhy

Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters by Serhii Plokhy

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The fact that Ukraine can be a democracy.... presents a threat to the authoritarian regimes in Moscow and Minsk of the sort that NATO would never actually present.
Serhii Plokhy

Access Bonus Episodes on Patreon

Make a one-time Donation to Democracy Paradox.

A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com.

Serhii Plokhy is a Professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University and the Director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. He’s written many books including The Gates of Europe, Nuclear Folly, and Atoms to Ashes. His most recent book is The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History.

Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:37Ukrainian Political Identity - 2:39Background on the War - 18:31Causes of the War - 26:22Nuclear Power in a War - 36:06Key Links

The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History by Serhii Plokhy

Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters by Serhii Plokhy

Learn more about the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute

Democracy Paradox Podcast

Olga Onuch and Henry Hale Describe the Zelensky Effect

Michael McFaul and Robert Person on Putin, Russia, and the War in Ukraine

More Episodes from the Podcast

More Information

Democracy Group

Apes of the State created all Music

Email the show at jkempf@democracyparadox.com

Follow on Twitter @DemParadox, Facebook, Instagram @democracyparadoxpodcast

100 Books on Democracy
Learn more about the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at https://kellogg.nd.edu/
Support the Show.

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