After Hitler came to power in 1933 the Soviet. All rights reserved. He is currently a professor in history and international affairs at Princeton University and a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He discusses the Ojibwa tribe and their oral stories, and how his love for folklore has influenced his work. Stephen Kotkin: You want to turn the ignition on in your car, you're going to turn that ignition on? David Remnick: It's impossible to understand the destruction and slaughter that Vladimir Putin is unleashing in Ukraine without understanding his most basic conviction, that the breakup of the Soviet empire was a catastrophe that Russia has yet to recover from. The profound defiance of daily life in Kyiv. David Remnick: Stephen Kotkin is a professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University. Its a fascinating conversation that delves deep into one of the countrys brightest minds. All the minerals that they have that they extract which is all just cash flow. No one I know understands this history more intimately than Stephen Kotkin. The greatest exertion it showed is in economic sanctions which in fact, have proved to be more comprehensive and more powerful than maybe people had anticipated some weeks ago. This is the thing about authoritarian regimes. With plenty of my thoughts on how to avoid the errors made after those earlier regimes were eliminated, which errors allowed members of the former regimes to keep much of their power and privileges. Last month, Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinsonasked Princeton Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Stephen Kotkin 5 questions, all in the foreign policy and history realm. Which seems at least from this distance singularly stupid. So we asked Professor Kotkin to come back for a second round of questions, this time all dedicated to one topic: the Russian invasion of Ukraine. New York Public Radio transcripts are created on a rush deadline, often by contractors. Historian Stephen Kotkin became the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution in 2022. We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site (https://www.theworthyhouse.com). Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Stalin, Hitler, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine | Lex Fridman Podcast #289 Lex Fridman 2.67M subscribers Subscribe 34K 2.1M views 8 months ago Lex Fridman Podcast. You go on to describe three fleeting moments of remarkable Russian ascendancy during Peter the Great. For the macroeconomic stability, for the economic growth, you need decent relations with the West. Professor Stephen Kotkin. Stephen Kotkin: Dont Blame the West for Russias Invasion of Ukraine. Do they bring him information he doesn't want to hear? Sarah Rundell November 15, 2022 . Historian Stephen Kotkin became the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution in 2022. Moreover, the largest and most important consideration is that Russia cannot successfully occupy Ukraine. Recorded on March 3rd, 2022 Last month, Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson asked Princeton Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Stephen Kotkin . War usually is a miscalculation it's based upon assumptions that don't pan out things that you believed to be true or wanted to be true but let's back up for a second. Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter of the best New Yorker podcasts. Join the #1 community of podcast lovers and never miss a great podcast. It murdered the Afghan leadership, and it installed a puppet, Babrak Karmal. You can also subscribe for email notifications. Throughout the 1930s the USSR prepared for war. We don't need your taxes, we don't need you to vote, we don't rely on you for anything because we have oil and gas, palladium, and titanium," and fill in the blank. The New Yorker may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. That's the thing about the United States in the West. David Remnick: Now the West has decided for obvious reasons not only not to go to war with Russia but not to have a no-fly zone for all the reasons we know. He is the author of nine works of history, including the first two volumes of his planned three-volume history of Russian power and Joseph Stalin, Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 and Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941. It had militarism. Interested in exclusive Uncommon Knowledge content? If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Medium, or YouTube where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. For the military security part of the regime which is the dominant part, the West is your enemy, the West is trying to undermine you. We've been hearing from voices both from the past, and present telling us that the reason for what has happened is as George Kennan said, the great blunder of eastward expansion of NATO. We're waiting for Viktor Yanukovych to reappear. . What are its special characteristics and why would those special characteristics lead it to want to invade or why would Putin want to invade Ukraine? All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg. Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Nuclear Weapons and American Renewal. The premise of this show is simple: Peter Robinson poses five questions to Dr. Kotkin: what Xi Jinping, the president of China believes; what Vladimir Putin believes; whether nuclear weapons are a deterrent in the 21st century; the chances of another American renewal; and Kotkins rational basis for loving the United States. Follow Stephen Kotkin on Ivy.fm. Stephen Kotkin: They've done much better than we anticipated based upon what we saw in Afghanistan withdrawal, in the Aukus rollout, the rollout of the deal to sell nuclear submarines to the Australians but they've learned from their mistakes. It's trying to overthrow your regime in some type of so-called collar revolution. He believed what he was likely told or wanted to believe about his own military. They don't even have a Quisling yet. His weekly column for the editorial page, Free Expression, appears in The Wall Street Journal each Tuesday. He believed that the Ukrainian people were not a real people, that they were one people with the Russians. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. Then Alexander I victory over Napoleon, and then of course Stalin's victory over Adolf Hitler. They use a very heavy state-centric approach to try to beat the country forward and upwards. 3) An appearance on Stephen W. Carson's Radical Liberation podcast. First of all, Ukraine is winning this war only on Twitter. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.00:00 - Introduction03:10 - Do all human beings crave power?11:29 - Russian people and authoritarian power15:06 - Putin and the Russian people23:23 - Corruption in Russia31:30 - Russia's future41:07 - Individuals and institutions44:42 - Stalin's rise to power1:05:20 - What is the ideal political system?1:21:10 - Questions for Putin1:29:41 - Questions for Stalin1:33:25 - Will there always be evil in the world? Of the looming collapse of our own American (and Canadian) regimes, through the lens of the 1989 collapse of similar regimes in Eastern Europe. The worlds view of Show More, Historian Stephen Kotkin joins Alphaville's Matt Klein to discuss how Joseph Stalin's violent commitment to Marxist-Leninism shaped Soviet society in the 1930s. It's the subject of Kotkin's latest booShow More. Report Video. Then say, "These high water marks aside, Russia has almost always been a relatively weak great power." He is the author of nine works of history, including . We discuss the forces that led to the development of harvesters and what they may be able to achieve in the future. If you deny them over time through the Commerce Department, American-made software, and American-made equipment and products, you can hurt this regime and create a technology desert. The regime became more and more corrupt, less and less sophisticated, less and less trustworthy, less and less popular. Will Ukraine hold firm? He has written many books on Stalin and the Soviet Union including the first 2 of a 3 volume work on Stalin, and he is currently working on volume 3.This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. 54 min A history lesson with Stephen Kotkin Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt Politics James and Al are joined by foreign affairs and Russian expert Stephen Kotkin for a deep dive into the history of the Soviet Union, how Putin is running the country in its aftermath, and the current state of the war in Ukraine. Of course, this isn't the same regime as Stalin. 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I thought we'd begin by your analysis of that argument. 5 Questions for Stephen Kotkin https://youtu.be/ul1gsIdlJFs Hoover Institution 754K subscribers 1,179,563 views Feb 4, 2022 Recorded on January 14, 2022 Stephen Kotkin is a professor of history at Princeton and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Join the #1 community of podcast lovers and never miss a great podcast. Programa Lex Fridman Podcast, ep. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, where he graduated in 1983 with a 1st Class Honors Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. There are internal processes in Russia that account for where we are today. You're going to turn the light switch on in your office? Professor Stephen Kotkin. That works for a time ostensibly, very superficially it works and Russia has a spurred of economic growth and it builds up its military and then, of course, it hits a war. Ad Choices, Never miss a podcast episode again! Stephen Kotkin on the History of Harvesters, Telepathy and the Future of Food. Professor Stephen Kotkin continued his multi-volume biography of Joseph Stalin, with a focus on Stalin's leadership of the Soviet Union in the years leading up to World War II. By signing up, you'll be subscribed to the #1 podcast discovery newsletter, Podyssey Picks. It had militarism. Podcasts about Stephen Kotkin Follow Stephen Kotkin. Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Nuclear Weapons and American Renewal. Kotkin writes with verve and imagination and pages of brilliant synopses intersperse the narrative. Does he get input from others? Episode Links:Stalin (book, vol 1): https://amzn.to/2FjdLF2Stalin (book, vol 2): https://amzn.to/2tqyjc3Here's the outline of the episode. Stephen Mark Kotkin (born February 17, 1959) is an American historian, academic and author. Why would they care about Ukraine? What happens, the balance of those groups shifted more in favor of the military security, let's call it the thuggish part of the regime. You know it. The worst part of this dynamic in Russian history is the conflation of the Russian state with some personal ruler. He has been a journalist for more than 30 years, writing and broadcasting for some of the worlds most famous news organizations, including his tenure at The Financial Times, The Times of London, and The BBC. Stephen Kotkin is a historian specializing in Stalin and Soviet history. The shock is that so much has changed and yet we're seeing this pattern that they can't really escape from where you have an autocrat or even now a despot making decisions completely by himself. On this episode of Free Expression, Wall Street Journal Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker speaks with one of the world's pre-eminent historians of Russia, Stephen Kotkin, about the autocratic. Podcast Host and Producer Full Bio Subscribe Apple Podcasts Google Play Episode Guests Jill Dougherty Global Fellow, Kennan Institute, Wilson Center Stephen Sestanovich George F. Kennan. Stephen Kotkin is a professor of history at Princeton university and one of the great historians of our time, specializing in Russian and Soviet history. The wholesale collectivization of some 120 million peasants necessitated levels of coercion that were extreme even for Russia, and the resulting mass starvation elicited criticism inside the party . They ended up with an insurgency against their rule and they ended up with a 10-year war that they lost. Prior to that, Mr. Baker was Deputy Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal from 2009-2013. Produced by The New Yorker It began like this, "For half a millennium, Russian foreign policy has been characterized by soaring ambitions that have exceeded the country's capabilities. Way before NATO existed in the 19th century, Russia looked like this. They get a dictatorship, which usually becomes a despotism. We need a de-escalation from the maximalists spiral. Mr. Baker is also host of WSJ at Large with Gerry Baker, a weekly news and current affairs interview show on the Fox Business Network, and the weekly WSJ Opinion podcast "Free Expression" where he speaks with some of the world's leading writers, influencers and thinkers about a variety of subjects. Sign up for our daily newsletter to receive the best stories from The New Yorker. The biggest sanctions and the most important sanctions are always technology transfer. Stephen Kotkin: Here's How Ukraine Could Defeat Russia on the Battlefield The Ukrainian resistance to Russian aggression was one of the greatest gifts the West has ever received. The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University. It sent special forces into the capital of Kabul. Does he think he knows better than everybody else? Would you think I'm wrong? He sits down with Isaac Chotiner to discuss Stalins differences from the autocrats of today, what Stalin and Hit, On this episode of Free Expression, Wall Street Journal Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker speaks with one of the worlds pre-eminent historians of Russia, Stephen Kotkin, about the autocratic ambitions behi, When Professor Stephen Kotkin set out to write a biography of Stalin, he faced a series of challenges. It's just a de-profound remarkable place. He taught at Princeton for more than 30 years, and is the author of nine works of history, including the first two volumes of his biography of Joseph Stalin, Paradoxes of Power, 1878 to 1928 and Waiting for Hitler, 1929 to 1941. It then has a long period of stagnation where the problem gets worse. New episodes about infrequent. Perhaps. Russia in the nineteenth century looked much as it does today, he says: It had an autocrat. He is now completing the third and final volume. Stephen Kotkin: What is the Best Political System? David Remnick: When you talk about the internal dynamics of Russia, historically, it reminds me of a piece that you wrote and was published in foreign affairs six years ago. Since then, the world has changed in ways that were unimaginable just 3 weeks ago. "Putin's strategy could be defined as 'I can't have itnobody can have it.' And, sadly, that's where the tragedy is right now," Stephen Kotkin, a fel A whole civilization more than just a country. The Soviet Union did not invade Afghanistan. David Remnick: Steve Kotkin, I'm very grateful to you. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Lambda: https://lambdalabs.com/lex - Scale: https://scale.com/lex - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil They can't feed their people, they can't provide security for their people. Stephen Kotkin is a professor of history at Princeton and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Feb 14 2023 Historian Stephen Kotkin became the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution in 2022. Professor Stephen Kotkin. Moreover, think about all those Ukrainians who would continue to resist. That is what we're seeing in Kharkiv, weve seen it in other parts of Ukraine, and to my mind, it's only just begun potentially. This is a Russia we know, and it's not a Russia that arrived yesterday or arrived in the 1990s. It is committed to policy-relevant scholarship that addresses the most important strategic issues facing our nation today and . Of course, they decided they might need some security in Afghanistan for the new regime and so they sent in all sorts of army regimens to provide security. In this episode, Lexman welcomes Stephen Kotkin to discuss his writing and pseudonyms. Copyright 2022 New York Public Radio. The . Ep174 - Stephen Kotkin. That seems highly likely. Download it (App Store, Google Play), use code "LexPodcast". If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify, or support it on Patreon.This episode is presented by Cash App. We have here, the assumption that it could be a successful version of that, and it wasn't. It had repression. For more context on the invasion of Ukraine, you might want to hear my conversation with reporters Masha Gessen and Joshua Yaffa who shed light on everything that they've seen on the ground. The problem with their argument is that it assumes that had NATO not expanded, Russia wouldn't be exactly the same or very likely close to what it is today. Stephen Kotkin: Stalin, Putin, and the Nature of Power. He's a psychologically unimpressive character, he was incompetent, could he actually have the willpower? Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices, 5 More Questions For Stephen Kotkin: Ukraine Edition. I would even go farther. That's what happens with dictatorships. Putins aggression is not some kind of deviation from the historical pattern, he tells David Remnick. One other example we might allude to is what happened in Afghanistan in 1979. Would he even agree to run Ukraine on behalf of Russia? Understanding the psyche of Russia and the Russians has bewildered Westerners for generations; foremost expert Stephen Kotkin gives some penetrating insights into how to do it. It turned out that the television president Zelensky who had a 25% approval rating before the war, which was fully deserved because he couldn't govern, now he has a 91% approval rating. In addition, has a brilliant coterie of people who run macroeconomics, for example, your Central Bank, your Finance Ministry, are all in the highest professional level. Stephen Kotkin is a professor of history at Princeton university and one of the great historians of our time, specializing in Russian and Soviet history. Ever seen a snail go on a skating rampage? James and Al are joined by foreign affairs and Russian expert Stephen Kotkin for a deep dive into the history of the Soviet Union, how Putin is running the country in its aftermath, and the current state of the war in Ukraine. and WNYC Studios, Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window), Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window). It turned out the Ukrainian people are brave and they're willing to resist and die for their country. Stephen Kotkin is a professor of history at Princeton and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. If you would like to get . Beginning with the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century, Russia managed to expand at an average rate of 50 square miles per day for hundreds of years, eventually covering one-sixth of the Earth's landmass.". The financial sanctions are very impressive but they'll take a while to affect the calculus of those people around Putin and Putin himself. Very similar situation in some ways. On this episode of Free Expression, Wall Street Journal Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker speaks with one of the worlds pre-eminent historians of Russia, Stephen Kotkin, about the autocratic ambitions behind Vladimir Putins invasion of Ukraine, how the west can do more to resist his aggression and how he has placed China at an inflection point in its rise to global superpower status. Its impossible to understand the destruction and death that Vladimir Putin is unleashing in Ukraine without understanding his most basic conviction: that the breakup of the Soviet empire was a catastrophe from which Russia has yet to recover. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Historian and author Stephen Kotkin of Princeton University and Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the historical significance of the life and work of, Stephen Kotkin is a historian and the author of Stalin: Waiting For Hitler, 1929-1941. Some experts, includingJohn Mearsheimer, have blamedNATOexpansion for the invasion of Ukraine, arguing that it has provoked Putin to defend his sphere of influence. A historian envisions a settlement among Russia, Ukraine, and the West. A filmmakers journey to the heart of the war. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. Russia in the nineteenth century looked much as it does today, he says. Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Nuclear Weapons and American Renewal. Find them wherever you listen to podcasts. Some experts, including John Mearsheimer, have blamed NATO expansion for the invasion of Ukraine, arguing that it has provoked Vladimir Putin to defend his sphere of influence. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. 8) Ep174 - Stephen Kotkin. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Full episode with Stephen Kotkin (Jan 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCkkjnpS2f8Clips channel (Lex Clips): https://www.youtube.com/lexclipsMain chann. If money just gushes out of the ground in the form of hydrocarbons, diamonds, or other minerals, the oppressors can emancipate themselves from the oppressed. Looking for more episodes? It's certainly not the same as Xi Jinping or the regime in Iran. If not, then you're in for a treat as Stephen Kotkin brings us his latest, ESCARGOT. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UncKnowledge/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/UncKnowledge/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/uncommon_knowle Unwrapping the Enigma, Mystery and Riddle: Stephen Kotkin Explains Russia to Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution. On this episode of Free Expression, Wall Street Journal Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker speaks with one of the worlds pre-eminent historians of Russia, Stephen Kotkin, about the autocratic ambitions behind Vladimir Putins invasion of Ukraine, how the west can do more to resist his aggression and how he has placed China at an inflection point in its rise to global superpower status. He is Co-Director of Princeton's Program in History and the Practice of Diplomacy and Director of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. Putins aggression is not some kind of deviation from the historical pattern, he tells David Remnick. That's why Russia had this fortress, this macroeconomic fortress, these foreign currency reserves, the rainy day fund, reasonable inflation. With David. Gerry Baker is Editor at Large of The Wall Street Journal. If not him, who else? The worlds view of, Historian Stephen Kotkin joins Alphaville's Matt Klein to discuss how Joseph Stalin's violent commitment to Marxist-Leninism shaped Soviet society in the 1930s. The premise of this show is simple: Peter Robinson poses five questions to Dr. Kotkin: what Xi Jinping, the president of China believes; what Vladimir Putin believes; whether nuclear weapons are a deterrent in the 21st century; the chances of another American renewal; and Kotkins rational basis for loving the United States. Instead of getting the strong state that they want to manage the Gulf with the West, they instead get a personalist regime. (00:00) - Introduction(10:17) - Putin and Stalin(21:07) - Putin vs the West(43:59) - Response to Oliver Stone(55:05) - Russian invasion of Ukraine(1:34:33) - Putin's plan for the war(1:42:32) - Henry Kissinger(1:48:26) - Nuclear war(1:59:00) - Parallels to World War II(2:21:45) - China(2:29:54) - World War III(2:37:23) - Navalny(2:41:40) - Meaning of life, All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Administrations that perform badly can learn and get better which is not the case in Russia and it's an advantage we can forget. What we have today in Russia is not some deviation from a historical pattern. Make sure to include your city, we love to hear where youre from!Get More From This Weeks GuestsStephen Kotkin:Princeton | Hoover Institution | AuthorAdditional Reading On Russia Mentioned By Stephen:Carnegie Endowment In WashingtonMichael Kofman- CNA & TwitterRob Lee- Foreign Policy Institute & TwitterPlease Support This Weeks SponsorsMiracle Brand:For 40% off high quality self-cooling sheets with 3 free towels, go to trymiracle.com and use the promo code: WARROOM, Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt, Politicon: How The Heck Are We Gonna Get Along with Clay Aiken. The premise of this show is simple: Peter Robinson poses five questions to Dr. Kotkin: what Xi Jinping, the president of China believes; what Vladimir Putin believes; whether nuclear weapons are a deterrent in the 21st century; the chances of another American renewal; and Kotkins rational basis for loving the United States. While a . Putin is what he is, he's ruling in Russia and he's got these circumstances, almost a syndrome where geopolitics is trying to make up for a power differential that it can't make up for. Angela Davis' encounter with her own ancestry has unwittingly exposed the follies of America's reparations debate. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Stephen shares the story of his hair, which led to him using a variety of pen names in the literary world. Of course, that's where Putin himself comes from. The Chinese cannot come in and substitute because they need that same technology that we're denying to the Russians and so thats the biggest--.
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