The “Counter-Offensive“ Was A Scam With An Evil Purpose. | Dr. Philip Cunliffe

Dr. Philip Cunliffe explains why we were bombarded with images of heroic Ukrainian fighters during the “big super duper counter offensive“ (to quote the always brilliant Alex Christoforou), engaged in an assault that no Western military would have been willing to fight—against all odds and without any kind of air superiority. Why was the meat grinder such a huge thing while achieving only casualties on the side of the “offensive“ force? Well. The answer is sad. It was a spectacle and always meant to be one. Listen to Dr. Cunliffe explain why and how this is and how the philosophy of Jean Baudrillard can help us make sense of the nonsense. Dr. Cunliffe’s short essay: Philip Cunliffe is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Risk and Disaster Reduction at the University College London. He is the author of various books, his newest one being “Taking Control: Sovereignty and Democracy After Brexit”. ------------------------------------------------------ Pascal’s academic articles about neutrality studies: “In Defense of Neutrals: Why They’re More Than Fence Sitter” Foreign Policy, June 6, 2023. “The Future of Neutrality”. Geneva Center for Security Policy, Policy Briefs, no.4, 2023. ISBN: 978-2-88947-407-3. “Dual-Neutrality for the Koreas: A Two-Pronged Approach toward Reunification.” Defense & Security Analysis, 2022, “The Politics and Diplomacy of Neutrality.” Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, 2022, “Neutrality Studies.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, New York: Oxford University Press, 2022, ). g “Going East: Switzerland’s Early Consular Diplomacy toward East and Southeast Asia.” Traverse: Zeitschrift für Geschichte 27 no. 1, 2020, 23–34, “Violent Conflicts and Neutral Legations: A Case Study of the Spanish and Swiss Legations in Wartime Japan.” New Global Studies 11, no.2, 20 17. 85–100, Pascal’s books about neutrality studies: Lottaz Pascal, and Ingemar Ottosson. Sweden, Japan, and the Long Second World War 1931–1945. London: Routledge, 2021. Lottaz Pascal, Heinz Gärtner, and Herbert Reginbogin, eds. Neutral Beyond the Cold: Neutral States and the Post-Cold War International System. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2022, Reginbogin, Herbert, and Pascal Lottaz, eds. Permanent Neutrality: A Model for Peace, Security, and Justice. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2020, Lottaz Pascal, and Herbert Reginbogin, eds. Notions of Neutralities. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2019,