Interview: A Nuclear War in Ukraine Is a Distinct Possibility

Source: Common Dreams
by CJ Polychroniou

“The war in Ukraine has been going on for 2.5 years with no end on sight. Not only that, but we are now close to a nuclear war, according to the Norwegian scholar Glenn Diesen who predicted in November 2021 that ‘war was becoming increasingly unavoidable’ as NATO was escalating tensions with Russia by strengthening its ties with Ukraine. Indeed, as Diesen argues in the interview that follows, NATO provoked Russia and sabotaged all peace negotiations, using Ukraine as a proxy to a geopolitical chessboard. Diesen is professor of political science at the University of South-Eastern Norway and author of scores of academic articles and books, including, most recently, The Ukraine War & the Eurasian World Order(2024).” (09/21/24)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/ukraine-russia-nuclear-war