I will formulate hypotheses and pose questions, but I have no absolute certainty as to how to answer them. In this article, I will try to put in order some of my reflections on the situation in Ukraine and its planetary extensions. ![]() Here we are in the ninth month of the war triggered by the Russian invasion. Even if this will mean a new form of dependence for Ukraine, and even though these institutions come with their own imperial past, only the EU and NATO can guarantee its sovereignty against Russia's imperialistic advances, argues Étienne Balibar. But understanding this war involves recognizing some realities that the intellectual left finds uncomfortable: NATO is not the aggressor, Russia is Ukrainians are driven by a form of nationalism and there is no meaningful sense of national sovereignty independent of powerful guarantors. The response of the intellectual left to Russia’s war against Ukraine has largely involved blaming NATO, an aversion to any kind of military involvement, and generic calls to pacifism.
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