Russia-Ukraine War | Global Britain | Legalising Secession | Failed States | August 2024 Q&A Part I

It's been a while since I last did a channel question-and-answer video. Thanks so much to everyone who submitted questions. There were far more than I could manage in a single video. I have tackled more in a second part, link here:

PART II

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*VIDEO CHAPTERS*
00:00 Introduction
00:38 How Has My Assessment of the Russia-Ukraine Changed?
04:43 How Will Russia-EU Relations Develop After the Ukraine War?
09:13 Would Democratic Secession Create More International Peace?
16:04 Why Are More States Failing?
20:13 Should Multinational Countries Be Preserved At All Costs?
24:20 Can Historically Bad Relations Between Countries Be Improved?
28:33 Will Britain Ever Rejoin the European Union?
33:25 Can an Anglophone Union be an Alternative to the EU?
35:46 How Did You Get into International Relations and YouTube?

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[JamesKerLindsay]

Hello all. I hope you are doing well. I haven’t done one of these Q&A videos in a while. I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed making them. As ever, I had more questions than I could manage. I hope to post another next week. In the meantime, thanks so much to everyone who contributed a question. And apologies to those I wasn’t able to cover this time.

[michaelpalmer]

I'd say Spain's crackdown on Catalan separatists has been pretty harsh for a democracy.

[otngomot]

Jim, as always, Professor.
I sincerely appreciate all that you have done; it has been incredibly beneficial. You've provided an amazing and in-depth analysis. It has been a fantastic experience for me as a student of politics and international relations.
I'm grateful, Prof.🎉

[casey]

The issue with Democratic secession is that is it becomes a demographic competition for power. Which can lead very quickly to ethnic cleansing if one side starts losing the demographic game.

It seems to me Federations or Confederations are almost always the better choice. With the understanding that succession simply isn’t an option.

[buddy]

The Netherlands would love it if their caribbean islands would become independent. But they just keep refusing it and want to stay in the Dutch kingdom.

[zach]

You are one of the best 'explainers' on this platform, professor. I'm always interested in your breakdowns of very complex situations. You present things in a way that is very digestible, but is very professional and academic. Been cool to see how your content has evolved alongside the events you cover.

[FlamingBasketballClub]

That thumbnail picture is diabolically wild.
😂😂😂

[hughjass]

Other creators' 41 minute video - "Ughh! How am I gonna get through it?!"
Prof. James' 41 minute video - "Awww... Over so soon?? DAMN!!"

[mbayatab]

Professor Ker-Lindsay! I think for the Russian-Ukrainian war, an objective analysis should be made why Russia started a full scale war against its most populous and probably strongest neighbour from the former Soviet republics and did not do that against other weaker neighbours (only limited invasion of Georgia). It would be good to hear your professional opinion on this!

[milutinke]

It's funny how the West defends Ukrainian territorial integrity while actively undermining ours in Serbia with the Kosovo issue.

[demetriostsillas]

The redrawing of borders in Europe is not a new thing. Most recently NATO intervened to redraw the borders of Serbia.

[simonharman]

Amazing work again James, love this format which shows your own views and thoughts on the future. As a British citizen, I also sincerely hope the political climate in the UK shifts to allow for a rejoining as soon as possible. More pressure is needed on the new government to do what is right for the country and the continent. I now live in Germany and I do feel a valuable voice has been lost from the decision makers in Brussels

[mikemiller]

Professor I have to ask about your position that the war in Ukraine is a profound attack on the international order. Can it truly be considered that ground shaking when America was given a free pass to invade Iraq and Afghanistan under extremely dubious allegations and to completely failed ends? The invasion is certainly terrible and a greatly destabilizing event but so were the American invasions.

On a follow up question do you see their being a viable path to victory for Russia that is anything short of a massive mobilization effort on their side, involving hundreds of thousands if not millions of soldiers be mobilized?

[MM-unob]

Great channel. I feel privileged to live in a time where such quality information is free and 1 click away. Greetings from Europe
Post scriptum: don't mind the haters/bots/trolls. The impact you have by educating open minded people is far greater than anything those bots can do. After all, haters gonna hate. Agreeing or disgreeing with the narratives they hold in their heads does not change how they feel. But if you can educate or even just nudge "normal" people towards an unbiased and more educated view of the world, than you have done an great deed by changing minds, which is the basis for the evolution of society and progress of humanity as a whole. It might be 100k, 10k, maybe 1k people, but it still is thousands of minds being changed, not to mention they will spread this knowledge with others.

[archmage_of_the_aether]

Canzuk exists, it's called "the Commonwealth". It would make more sense for an independent Quebec to join the EU than to create a new but redundant Anglo trade union.

[davidbrims]

‘’ Global Britain’, ’’ you got to laugh, Britain doesn’t have the empire anymore, it’s more Lilliput with Lilliputian armed forces to match.

[mirabeaux]

On the failing states question, I think it’s also worth keeping in mind that new states go through a long period of turmoil before they settle

[dennis-qubs]

I'm glad you came to YouTube. I really appreciate your channel.

[baddudecornpop]

Pertaining to the first question: have you not become more convinced that the West’s (largely US’s) meddling in other country’s societies and politics has created the current situation that will unleash instability and makes an argument for states becoming nuclear armed? Is the no indictment of the decades of upending various administrations/regimes.?

[kw]

Great video, learnt a lot. Agree on CANZUK, a complete joke & wet dream from the Brexiteers, deluded fantasy.