As Russia prepared to invade Ukraine, we took a look at the history of the complex relationship between the nations.
The horrific war in Ukraine is, in several senses, a lesson in imperialisms: classic versus new, formal versus informal, dumb versus smart. But it is also a general lesson in epistemologies, in the keys that we use to read the world,
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND ROOT CAUSES The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has deep historical roots, dating back to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 .
The US President also rebuked Zelensky during a “shouting match” at the Oval Office in front of the media over a peace deal in the Russia-Ukraine war. This fiasco at the White House left the diplomatic relationship between the US and Ukraine in tatters.
President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy argued in the Oval Office in a stunning public display of devolving relations. Geoff Bennett discussed the developments with Timothy Snyder, one of the country's leading historians of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union who has written widely on Ukraine,