Book Presentation: War in Ukraine

Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict

No war happens in a vacuum.

Identifying what the geopolitical context is where war happens doesn’t mean justifying it, nor does it mean suddenly supporting any side that’s committing atrocities.

Just like we are allowed to analyze history and connect the dots between certain events and forces, we are allowed to do that when we talk about the ongoing war in Ukraine.

We invite you to learn about its geopolitical context in the video below.

In it, you’ll see a presentation by Medea Benjamin on her book written together with Nicolas J. S. Davies, War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict.

You can learn more about their book and find various free resources here.

About the authors

Medea Benjamin is an author and co-founder of CODEPINK. She is also co-founder of the human rights group Global Exchange, the Peace in Ukraine Coalition, Unfreeze Afghanistan (which advocates for returning the $7 billion of Afghan funds frozen in U.S. banks), ACERE: The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect, and the Nobel Peace Prize for Cuban Doctors Campaign.

Nicolas J. S. Davies is an independent journalist, a researcher with CODEPINK, co-author of War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict, and the author of Blood On Our Hands: the American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq. He is the former foreign editor of the Daily Mirror, and has been a peace activist for more than 50 years.