Who is "pro-Russia"?

Published: 19 September 2022
on channel: Michael Millerman

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Can you support Russia without being anti-Ukrainian and anti-American?

Discuss below.

The issue here is about the meaning of the war for the world order and its morals.

For the position that Ukraine must win for the sake of global democracy, consider Timothy Snyder's recent piece in Foreign Affairs: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukrain.... Does the mirror image of the argument hold if you are opposed to global democracy?

To repeat: I am not ADVOCATING anything here. I am only raising two basic questions: is it better to have a world with a single superpower or a world where there is a balance of powers? (Why)? Secondly, if you think balance of powers is better, does it follow on that basis alone that you would prefer Russia not to lose, completely independently of your opinions about Russians, Ukrainians, Americans, etc.? You could look at it from another angle, too: can you want Ukraine to win without wanting global liberalism to win?

Thanks for your time.

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