Present tense. And todays class going to be an overview. The war with, our typical back and forth between past and present. And im going try to explain is not a class in mathematics in the least, but a rather simple formula. Thats there on the blackboard for those who can see it. And the formula is a is not equal to b plus c. And ill explain in just a moment that rather mysterious mathematic formula in practice means is a is a variable that stands for russian aspirations with its military and Foreign Policy. Thats one side of the equation. B is the Foreign Policy and military aspirations of ukraine and c are the military, foreign affairs, espionage of the United States b and c have gone along pretty well for the last six months. And youve witnessed a very Close Partnership between ukraine and the United States. So in that b plus c adds up to something significant. What it does not add up to is a and there has been a very significant clash between the aspirations of the United States an
Okay. Welcome. Uh, our audience in the classroom and our audience. To a class on the war in ukraine. The history of the present in which were trying to go back into the past to do our very best to events that are happening before our eyes in the present tense. And todays class going to be an overview. The war with, our typical back and forth between past and present. And im going try to explain is not a class in mathematics in the least, but a rather simple formula. Thats there on the blackboard for those who can see it. And the formula is a is not equal to b plus c. And ill explain in just a moment that rather mysterious mathematic formula in practice means is a is a variable that stands for russian aspirations with its military and Foreign Policy. Thats one side of the equation. B is the Foreign Policy and military aspirations of ukraine and c are the military, foreign affairs, espionage of the United States b and c have gone along pretty well for the last six months. And youve witne
Present tense. And todays class going to be an overview. The war with, our typical back and forth between past and present. And im going try to explain is not a class in mathematics in the least, but a rather simple formula. Thats there on the blackboard for those who can see it. And the formula is a is not equal to b plus c. And ill explain in just a moment that rather mysterious mathematic formula in practice means is a is a variable that stands for russian aspirations with its military and Foreign Policy. Thats one side of the equation. B is the Foreign Policy and military aspirations of ukraine and c are the military, foreign affairs, espionage of the United States b and c have gone along pretty well for the last six months. And youve witnessed a very Close Partnership between ukraine and the United States. So in that b plus c adds up to something significant. What it does not add up to is a and there has been a very significant clash between the aspirations of the United States an
The history of the present in which were trying to go back into the past to do our very best to events that are happening before our eyes in the present tense. And todays class going to be an overview. The war with, our typical back and forth between past and present. And im going try to explain is not a class in mathematics in the least, but a rather simple formula. Thats there on the blackboard for those who can see it. And the formula is a is not equal to b plus c. And ill explain in just a moment that rather mysterious mathematic formula in practice means is a is a variable that stands for russian aspirations with its military and Foreign Policy. Thats one side of the equation. B is the Foreign Policy and military aspirations of ukraine and c are the military, foreign affairs, espionage of the United States b and c have gone along pretty well for the last six months. And youve witnessed a very Close Partnership between ukraine and the United States. So in that b plus c adds up to s
And the formula is a is not equal to b plus c. And ill explain in just a moment that rather mysterious mathematic formula in practice means is a is a variable that stands for russian aspirations with its military and Foreign Policy. Thats one side of the equation. B is the Foreign Policy and military aspirations of ukraine and c are the military, foreign affairs, espionage of the United States b and c have gone along pretty well for the last six months. And youve witnessed a very Close Partnership between ukraine and the United States. So in that b plus c adds up to something significant. What it does not add up to is a and there has been a very significant clash between the aspirations of the United States and ukraine on the one hand. And the aspirations of russia on other. So thats what i will try to explain short form in todays for the next 40, 45 minutes or so and well see if there are questions before we draw todays class to a close. Let me start before going into a, b and c with