War in Ukraine: Update from Kyiv
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Oleksa Drachewych, Assistant Professor in History at Western University, discusses the echoes of history in Russia's invasion of Ukraine: implications of the Bolshevik revolution and its aftermath, the use of narrative and symbols from World War II, and the brutal echoes of history in the way in which Russia has been carrying out the current invasion of Ukraine.
The current Russian regime "by conflating the Soviet experience [in World War II] to being Russian - they are essentially removing the Ukrainian experience from the broader narrative."
"The Russian rhetoric that tends to dehumanise Ukrainians very much mimics a lot of the way that the Soviet Union aimed to dehumanise the Germans, Romanians and others... during the Second World War... and that... dehumanisation then turned into violence and anger against civilians".
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Oleksa Drachewych on twitter: @ODrachewych
Jessica Genauer on twitter: @jessicagenauer
More about the host: Jessica Genauer
61. KYIV UPDATE: Oleksandr Kraiev on the Russian invasion, life in Kyiv, and expected developments in coming months
60. DEEP DIVE: Matthew Ford and Andrew Hoskins on Radical War - data, digitization, smartphones and war - the new war ecology of the 21st Century
59. KYIV UPDATE: Maksym Yali on EU leaders visting Kyiv and mounting costs on Russian forces
58. DEEP DIVE: Mark Galeotti on The Weaponisation of Everything - new ways of warfare, responses, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and... the Gerasimov Doctrine (spoiler alert: Mark coined the term!)
57: ANALYSIS: British Maj. Gen. Chip Chapman (ret.) analyses the Ukraine conflict - strategy, misperceptions, possible outcomes & leadership lessons
56.ANALYSIS: US Army Maj. John Spencer (ret.) on the Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender - how a twitter thread turned into an authoritative manual on urban warfare distributed to Ukrainian forces
55. DEEP DIVE: Rory Cormac on ’How to Stage a Coup’ - Covert action, disinformation and conditions for a successful coup
54. ANALYSIS: Greg Carleton on Russia’s identity of perpetual war and how fractures in Russia’s national story might shape the trajectory of Ukraine conflict
53. KYIV UPDATE: Maksym Yali discusses Putin’s ’rebranding’ of the war and Ukrainians’ readiness to fight til the end
52. ANALYSIS: Ulrike Franke on Germany & the Ukraine conflict - Germany’s approach to defence, military capability and war in Ukraine
51. ABOUT THE HOST - Jessica Genauer - short intro & why I decided to start the podcast :)
50. ANALYSIS: Frank Ledwidge on air power and the war in Ukraine - use of air power in Ukraine & implications for the future of aerial warfare
49. ANALYSIS: Miroslav Mares on disinformation and the Russia-Ukraine conflict - with a view from the Czech Republic - drivers, mechanisms & responses
48. KYIV UPDATE: Maksym Yali discusses missiles in Kyiv and situation in Donbas (6 June)
47. DEEP DIVE: Julie Diamond on power and conflict - types of power & how they intersect with conflict situations
46. ANALYSIS: Joshua Rovner on intelligence sharing, information control, cyber attacks, & the war in Ukraine
45. ANALYSIS: Darren Lim on China and the Ukraine conflict - China’s response to Ukraine, implications for decoupling and Taiwan
44. DEEP DIVE: Maj. Gen. Mick Ryan, AM (ret.) on War Transformed - fourth industrial revolution, key challenges, advice for future leaders & importance of culture and curiosity
43. ANALYSIS: Sascha Dov Bachmann on global security threats; NATO’s preparedness; and lessons learnt for militaries outside Ukraine
42. KYIV UPDATE: Maksym Yali updates on situation in Donbas and current mood in Ukraine
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