Professor Glenn Diesen of Norway recently had his video channel expunged from YouTube, and two days later it was restored at YouTube, all with no real explanation. One video at his channel is a discussion of Richard Cobden’s 1836 pamphlet, which bore the secondary title:In the video, I interview Professor Diesen about the long history of Anglo hatred toward Russia, a hatred which started up in the 1830s and has persisted ever since. I sought to interview Professor Diesen because he is the author of Russophobia: Propaganda in International Politics (2022). We discuss the history of Russia-hate, down to today.Phobia means fear. Professor Diesen and I discussed whether fear of Russia is really the problem. Today’s escalations have been catastrophic and risk nuclear exchange. Perhaps there has

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