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Yanis Varoufakis: It’s mad to think Ukraine can win

Summary:
Freddie Sayers meets Yanis Varoufakis. Read the supporting article: https://unherd.com/2022/04/ukraine-cannot-win-this-war/ Listen to the podcast version: https://shows.acast.com/lockdowntv-with-freddie-sayers/yanis-varoufakis-its-mad-to-think-ukraine-can-win Commentators on the war in Ukraine seem to have come to a consensus: public figures have a moral responsibility not to challenge anything other than the Russian narrative. This rejection of balance in favour of propaganda poses a problem for political thinkers like Yanis Varoufakis, who has been accused of 'Westsplaining' and being a Putin apologist in the last week alone. To give this controversial conversation a chance, Varoufakis joined Freddie Sayers for a wide-ranging discussion about Western pressure on Russia and finding

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Freddie Sayers meets Yanis Varoufakis.



Read the supporting article: https://unherd.com/2022/04/ukraine-cannot-win-this-war/



Listen to the podcast version: https://shows.acast.com/lockdowntv-with-freddie-sayers/yanis-varoufakis-its-mad-to-think-ukraine-can-win



Commentators on the war in Ukraine seem to have come to a consensus: public figures have a moral responsibility not to challenge anything other than the Russian narrative.



This rejection of balance in favour of propaganda poses a problem for political thinkers like Yanis Varoufakis, who has been accused of 'Westsplaining' and being a Putin apologist in the last week alone.



To give this controversial conversation a chance, Varoufakis joined Freddie Sayers for a wide-ranging discussion about Western pressure on Russia and finding a space for debate in what feels like a binary moment.





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00:00 - 01:11 - Introduction

01:12 - 03:44 - Has Varoufakis been accused of being pro-Putin?

03:44 - 09:42 - Was a NATO expansion unwelcome?

09:42 - 17:03 - Varoufakis on current Russian sanctions

17:03 - 22:27 - Is a full-scale Russian defeat currently possible?

22:27 - 30:12 - Have liberal Western powers shown more

30:12 - 37:07 - Is Zelensky aiming to increase Western involvement in the war? Is that dangerous?

37:07 - 38:28 - A message from Varoufakis who worry about Western involvement

38:28 - 39:10 - Concluding thoughts





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Yanis Varoufakis
An accidental economist Let me begin with a confession: I am a Professor of Economics who has never really trained as an economist. But let’s take things one at a time.

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