Why War with Russia Is Becoming Inevitable

In this lecture, Prof. Richard D. Wolff explains why the war in Ukraine has evolved into a direct confrontation between Europe and Russia—and why the dynamics of escalation are making a wider war increasingly difficult to avoid. Is Europe now standing at the edge of another devastating conflict?

Wolff connects military escalation to Europe’s economic decline, expanding rearmament, and a deeper struggle over capital, power, and social interests. Could Europe’s internal crisis be paving the way toward a war that supposedly no one wants?

This video was produced by Democracy At Work and published on their YouTube channel on the 9th of July, 2026.

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ABOUT RICHARD D. WOLFF

Richard D. Wolff is the founder of Democracy at Work and hosts the show Economic Update there. He is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. Earlier he taught economics at Yale University and at the City College of the City University of New York. Wolff was also a regular lecturer at the Brecht Forum in New York City. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York City.