Who Is Responsible for the Russia-Ukraine War? (Glenn Loury & Nikita Petrov)
Nikita asks: Who are “my people”? ... How much responsibility do we bear for the actions of our governments? ... The problem of racial affiliation ... The use and abuse of group identity ... Is Glenn “authentically black”? ... The incomplete project of emancipation ... Why was Russia’s period of true democracy so brief? ... Democracy and “the Russian soul” ... Can we compare antiwar Americans and antiwar Russians? ... Glenn: Why would the US risk nuclear war with Russia over Ukraine? ... The US’s involvement in drafting Russia’s constitution ...