Jeff Rich, historian and author (https://jeffrich.substack.com), warns of the “Coming Storm” of a worsening war in Greater Europe after 18 months of failed peace negotiations in the war in Ukraine.
Drawing on the works of leading scholars Odd Arne Westad, Richard Sakwa, and Michael Jabara Carley, the Burning Archive expresses dismay about the crescendo of drums of war coming from Greater Europe. Because the storm could devastate the whole world.
You can read the original text version of this video essay at https://jeffrich.substack.com/p/history-book-club-call-and-the-looming
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Check my latest interview, referred to at the end of this talk, with @JamarlThomas Putin’s Weakness Is Dragging Europe Closer To War w/ NATO | Dr. Jeff Rich https://youtu.be/J57L1VqRLis?si=a3Z9PDDOacicXjbe
V I D E O S T O W A T C H N E X T:
Ulrike Guérot: Peace in Europe Beyond the West in 2034 https://youtu.be/g-eAPD9jwmI
The West’s Long War: Operation Barbarossa, then Operation Unthinkable | Michael Jabara Carley https://youtu.be/qzK0NSo_-DE
7 Ways the Iran War Broke Geopolitical Analysis https://youtu.be/hpW1z3ATQsY
How to build lasting peace by avoiding a Second Cold War | Richard Sakwa Interview https://youtu.be/-YILk7RsVc8
Europe Prepares for Independence from the USA https://youtu.be/ZV3ivNdXheI
The Rise and Fall of Empires https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDQM15vyFoOShSanTBo8hJoGAzTQlzrnv
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