Col. Andrew Bacevich on the Deepening Crisis in Ukraine
Rising tensions in eastern Europe between the U.S. and Russia over the Ukraine have dominated the news. We discuss the situation with scholar and retired Army Colonel Andrew Bacevich. We discussed why the U.S. is so concerned, and hawkish, about Russia and Ukraine–Russophobia? We talked about the role of NATO in this current crisis. We talked about the many more pressing issues the U.S. should focus on–like inflation, COVID, the surveillance state, and especially Climate Change!
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It’s a great conversation with one of America’s leading intellectuals and critics of foreign policy.
Andrew Bacevich on American Exceptionalism
Col. Andrew Bacevich Talks about The Empire and The Apocalypse
Green and Red had a great conversation with the well-known scholar (and Retired Colonel) Andrew Bacevich, whose new book is *After the Apocalypse.* We began by getting his views on the recent revelations regarding JCS Chair Mark Milley’s role in opposing Trump’s attempt to steal the election.
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Andrew Bacevich on the Military and Trump, the current crisis, and what to expect from Biden’s foreign policy
In this episode, Bob interviews Professor Andrew Bacevich (@AndrewBacevich) about the extraordinary involvement in electoral politics by Trump and the military, the military public repudiation of the president, racial and hate group problems in the armed forces, civil-military relations, the appoint of General Lloyd Austin as Defense Secretary, what to expect from Biden’s foreign policy team–essentially putting the Obama band back together–the nuclear deal with Iran, the insane attacks on Cuba, and a new Cold War between the U.S. and China.
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Andrew Bacevich is an emeritus professor at Boston University and President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He’s also the author of several books on U.S. foreign policy and one of the foremost critics of America’s war and interventionism for decades now. He is also a retired colonel in the U.S. Army, armored cavalry. And he’s a frequent columnist in The Nation, as well as many other publications.