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Time stamps:
00:00 - Intro
05:02 - Part One: Why Should Ukraine Reclaim Crimea?
05:15 - Liberal Argument
08:41 - Left Wing Argument
15:59 - Part Two: Nuclear War?
19:59 - Israel & The Yom Kippur War
24:48 - Part Three: The Smallest Chance Is Still Too Much
References:
Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence: https://archive.mid.ru/en/web/guest/foreign_policy/international_safety/disarmament/-/asset_publisher/rp0fiUBmANaH/content/id/4152094
Biden's anti-Europe screed lol: youtu.be/IwYVKptqH_o?t=54
Budapest Memorandum: treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%203007/Part/volume-3007-I-52241.pdf
Human Rights Watch: "Punished Peoples" of the Soviet Union: hrw.org/reports/pdfs/u/ussr/ussr.919/usssr919full.pdf
National Security Archive, The End of the Soviet Union 1991: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2021-12-21/end-soviet-union-1991
UN Charter, 1945: un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/chapter-1
A. Bezverkha, Reinstating Social Borders between the Slavic Majority and the Tatar Population of Crimea: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08865655.2015.1066699
A. Cohen, The Last Nuclear Moment: https://archive.is/20191230225009/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/06/opinion/the-last-nuclear-moment.html
A. Fisher, Emigration of Muslims from the Russian Empire in the Years After the Crimean War: jstor.org/stable/41047947?read-now=1&seq=3#page_scan_tab_contents
A. Nardelli et al, Putin Stirs Worry That Russia Is Stripping Home-Appliance Imports for Arms: time.com/6226484/russia-appliance-imports-weapons
B.G. Williams, Sürgün, The Crimean Tatars: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08865655.2015.1066699
C. Aurélie, Sürgün: The Crimean Tatars' deportation and exile: https://www.sciencespo.fr/mass-violence-war-massacre-resistance/fr/document/suerguen-crimean-tatars-deportation-and-exile.html
E. Colby et al, The Israeli "Nuclear Alert" of 1973: cna.org/archive/CNA_Files/pdf/drm-2013-u-004480-final.pdf
H. Kirimli, The Famine of 1921-22 in the Crimea and Volga Basin and the Relief from Turkey: jstor.org/stable/4284277
P. Potichnyj, The Struggle of the Crimean Tatars: jstor.org/stable/40866872
T. Cheshire, Mariupol: Russia's New Model City In Ukraine: news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-russia-tries-to-hide-crimes-as-it-rebuilds-destroyed-mariupol-into-model-city-12814769
W. D. Farr, Israel's Nuclear Weapons: nuke.fas.org/guide/israel/nuke/farr.htm
W. Varettoni, Crimea's Overlooked Instability: csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/publication/twq11summervarettoni.pdf
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Time stamps:
00:00 - Intro
05:02 - Part One: Why Should Ukraine Reclaim Crimea?
05:15 - Liberal Argument
08:41 - Left Wing Argument
15:59 - Part Two: Nuclear War?
19:59 - Israel & The Yom Kippur War
24:48 - Part Three: The Smallest Chance Is Still Too Much
References:
Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence: https://archive.mid.ru/en/web/guest/foreign_policy/international_safety/disarmament/-/asset_publisher/rp0fiUBmANaH/content/id/4152094
Biden's anti-Europe screed lol: youtu.be/IwYVKptqH_o?t=54
Budapest Memorandum: treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%203007/Part/volume-3007-I-52241.pdf
Human Rights Watch: "Punished Peoples" of the Soviet Union: hrw.org/reports/pdfs/u/ussr/ussr.919/usssr919full.pdf
National Security Archive, The End of the Soviet Union 1991: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2021-12-21/end-soviet-union-1991
UN Charter, 1945: un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/chapter-1
A. Bezverkha, Reinstating Social Borders between the Slavic Majority and the Tatar Population of Crimea: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08865655.2015.1066699
A. Cohen, The Last Nuclear Moment: https://archive.is/20191230225009/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/06/opinion/the-last-nuclear-moment.html
A. Fisher, Emigration of Muslims from the Russian Empire in the Years After the Crimean War: jstor.org/stable/41047947?read-now=1&seq=3#page_scan_tab_contents
A. Nardelli et al, Putin Stirs Worry That Russia Is Stripping Home-Appliance Imports for Arms: time.com/6226484/russia-appliance-imports-weapons
B.G. Williams, Sürgün, The Crimean Tatars: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08865655.2015.1066699
C. Aurélie, Sürgün: The Crimean Tatars' deportation and exile: https://www.sciencespo.fr/mass-violence-war-massacre-resistance/fr/document/suerguen-crimean-tatars-deportation-and-exile.html
E. Colby et al, The Israeli "Nuclear Alert" of 1973: cna.org/archive/CNA_Files/pdf/drm-2013-u-004480-final.pdf
H. Kirimli, The Famine of 1921-22 in the Crimea and Volga Basin and the Relief from Turkey: jstor.org/stable/4284277
P. Potichnyj, The Struggle of the Crimean Tatars: jstor.org/stable/40866872
T. Cheshire, Mariupol: Russia's New Model City In Ukraine: news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-russia-tries-to-hide-crimes-as-it-rebuilds-destroyed-mariupol-into-model-city-12814769
W. D. Farr, Israel's Nuclear Weapons: nuke.fas.org/guide/israel/nuke/farr.htm
W. Varettoni, Crimea's Overlooked Instability: csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/publication/twq11summervarettoni.pdf
