468. James Sherr and Orysia Lutsevych - The Risks of Pushing for 'Peace at any Price' in the Ukraine War.

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A letter was published in the Financial Times: Calling for an immediate ‘peace’. But this clamour for a cessation of hostilities and a ‘peace at any price’ deal shows blind­ness to Russian goals, argue the signatories of a counter letter in the same publication. I am joined today by the author of the riposte to that, James Sherr, and one of the key signatories Orysia Lutsevych. ---------- Orysia Lutsevych OBE is deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia Programme and head of the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House. Orysia’s research focuses on social change, the role of civil society in democratic transition in Eastern Europe and, most recently, democratic resilience to foreign encroachment. She is the author of several Chatham House research publications, including – Resilient Ukraine: Safeguarding Society from Russian Aggression. Her media work includes contributions for BBC, CNN, Guardian, The Times, Financial Times, and New York Times. ---------- James Sherr OBE is an Honorary fellow of the International Centre for Defence & Security in Tallinn Estonia. He also is an associate fellow and former head of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House (2008–11). He was a fellow of the Conflict Studies Research Centre of the UK Ministry of Defence from 1995 to 2008; and director of studies of the Royal United Services Institute (1983–85). He has published extensively on Soviet and Russian military, security, and foreign policy, as well as energy security, the Black Sea region, and Ukraine’s efforts to deal with Russia, and the West. ---------- LINKS: The letter and the response: https://www.ft.com/content/90185a02-8107-47c0-ae6f-b06e88b796b5 https://www.ft.com/content/52ef3e3e-292c-44d3-80bd-97793487e715 By James Sherr OBE: https://icds.ee/en/a-war-against-falsehood-and-fear/ https://icds.ee/en/the-moment-of-truth/ Chatham House paper: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2023/06/how-end-russias-war-ukraine ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemysl https://kharpp.com/ Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine Ukrainian Freedom News https://www.ukrainianfreedomnews.com/donation/ UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NGO “Herojam Slava” https://heroiamslava.org/ NOR DOG Animal Rescue https://www.nor-dog.org/home/ ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.