Glenn Diesen - Greater Eurasia Podcast Jeffrey Sachs: New European Military Bloc for War Against Russia
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May 12, 2026 
Jeffrey Sachs, economist and public policy scholar known for work on sustainable development and global economics, offers historical and geopolitical analysis. He traces NATO enlargement, Gorbachev’s ’Common European Home,’ and the 2008 and 2014 turning points. He warns Europe’s move to build a separate military bloc including Ukraine risks a dangerous security dilemma with Russia.
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Rejected 1990 Offer For A Common European Home
- A 1990 opportunity for a Common European Home was offered by Mikhail Gorbachev and rejected.
- Jeffrey Sachs recounts the promise of indivisible security and the February 1990 pledge that NATO would not move one inch eastward, which was later broken.
Sachs Witnessed Gorbachev's Sincere Peace Offer
- Jeffrey Sachs says he witnessed Gorbachev's offer firsthand and emphasizes it was sincere.
- He personally observed Soviet moves toward democratization and demilitarization after 1990, arguing cooperation was possible then.
NATO Enlargement Served Both European Security And US Hegemony
- NATO enlargement served two motives: to keep the US in Europe and to project American hegemony across Eurasia.
- Sachs links European calls for US protection with a US strategic choice to use NATO as the military branch of its global power.
