U.S. scholar says Russia-Ukraine conflict roots in NATO expansion

STORY: U.S. scholar says Russia-Ukraine conflict roots in NATO expansion DATELINE: May 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: CHICAGO, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOHN MEARSHEIMER, Political science professor at the University of Chicago 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOHN MEARSHEIMER, Political science professor at the University of Chicago STORYLINE: The deep cause of the Russia-Ukraine conflict is the expansion of NATO, and "the Russians are reacting to the West attempt to make Ukraine a western bulwark on Russia's border," U.S. scholar John Mearsheimer said. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOHN MEARSHEIMER, Political science professor at the University of Chicago "What is going on here is that the Russians are reacting to the West attempt to make Ukraine a western bulwark on Russia's border, and the core of that strategy is NATO's expansion. The United States and its European allies want to make Ukraine a member of NATO. This is all part of making Ukraine part of the West. From the Russi

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(220501) -- CHICAGO, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- U.S. scholar John Mearsheimer speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Chicago, the United States, April 19, 2022. TO GO WITH "U.S. scholar says Russia-Ukraine conflict roots in NATO expansion" (Photo by Zhang Yan/Xinhua)

America principally responsible for Ukraine crisis: experts

STORY: America principally responsible for Ukraine crisis: experts DATELINE: March 23, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:53 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the streets in the United States 2. SOUNDBITE (English): NAJMA MINHAS, Editor, Pakistani media outlet Global Village Space STORYLINE: "The West, and especially America, is principally responsible" for the Ukraine crisis, John J. Mearsheimer, a U.S. political scientist, wrote in a recent opinion piece published in The Economist. He said that American and European policymakers provoked the Ukraine crisis by trying to integrate Ukraine into the West. Meanwhile, experts in other parts of the world have voiced similar views. SOUNDBITE (English): NAJMA MINHAS, Editor, Pakistani media outlet Global Village Space "You know, it's interesting, the role of the United States in this Ukraine-Russia crisis right now. We're thinking it's all Russia related and it's all Putin related. But the fact of the matter is that for many, many years, in fact, d