📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/4cfaeH0 In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau target the orthodoxy of NATO’s post-1991 expansion as well as dismantling the prevailing narrative surrounding the war in Ukraine, including the logistical delusion of a Western victory and the dereliction of duty by European leadership that risks a global escalation. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/nato-expansion-was-never-about-security/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Advertise on UnHerd @ zoe.white@unherd.com Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv //TIMECODES// 00:00 - 00:51 - Intro 00:51 - 01:47 - Today’s topics 01:47 - 02:22 - London show: Econoclasts Live 02:22 - 04:19 - Media blame game over Ukraine 04:19 - 08:41 - Western aid, voters and hard limits 08:41 - 13:50 - Stalemate, costs and ‘victory vs peace’ 13:50 - 15:05 - NATO expansion, ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Ukraine, and Europe’s morality 15:05 - 18:51 - Encasing Russia in NATO 18:51 - 22:13 - Donbas, peace plans & Europe’s missing strategy 22:13 - 27:17 - Why peace talks stall: history and law 27:17 - 34:37 - “Inventing” Putin 34:37 - 37:39 - Germany–Russia energy bind & EU drift 37:39 - 38:17 - Outro #UnHerd #NATO #Russia