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18 Nov 2023 Lex Fridman Podcast #401 – John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3
“I don’t know if you know this, but in 1993, I argued that Ukraine should keep its nuclear weapons.”
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- John Mearsheimer
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- uncertainty
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- 18 Nov 2023
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
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…Yes. I don’t know if you know this, but in 1993, I argued that Ukraine should keep its nuclear weapons. I was probably the only person in the West who made that argument. And my argument in 1993, this is in foreign affairs, was that there may come the day when Russia thinks about invading Ukraine. And should that day come, it would be very helpful for preventing war if Ukraine had nuclear weapons. So military might is essential for maintaining a balance of power and peace.…
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