Reflections on the Performative Dimensions of the War in Ukraine

Authors

Peter McLaren, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Editorial

Publication Date

Spring 2022

Abstract

"The war in Ukraine is damningly situated between two imperialist forces – the US and Russia. And, of course, we must be suspicious of either country’s claims about what is happening on the ground in Ukraine. To me, as a critic of US foreign policy for decades, it is clear that the conflict in Ukraine is a US proxy war designed to bleed Russia, to embroil Russia in what we could consider as a ‘new Afghanistan.’ At the same time, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia is unequivocally an abhorrently imperialist criminal act. Ukraine is not a perfect democracy, but neither is it a neo-fascist state on the order of Russia."

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This article was originally published in PESA Agora in spring 2022.

Recommended Citation

McLaren, P. (2022). Reflections on the performative dimensions of the war in Ukraine. PESA Agora. https://pesaagora.com/columns/reflections-on-the-performative-dimensions-of-the-war-in-ukraine/

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