We discuss the forces that led to the development of harvesters and what they may be able to achieve in the future. 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? 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. Stephen Kotkin: Russia has a lot of weapons that they haven't used yet but there are a couple of factors here. With David. 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. A Historian Of The Future: Five More Questions For Stephen Kotkin | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution. Join the #1 community of podcast lovers and never miss a great podcast. It is a non-partisan center whose primary focus is on the uses of history by national security leaders and scholars. Administrations that perform badly can learn and get better which is not the case in Russia and it's an advantage we can forget. Putins aggression is not some kind of deviation from the historical pattern, he tells David Remnick. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Of course, this isn't the same regime as Stalin. The regime became more and more corrupt, less and less sophisticated, less and less trustworthy, less and less popular. 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. If you could expand on that and talk about how the internal dynamics of Russia have gone on to describe it both historically and in the present day under Putin, that would be, I think, very helpful. Its a fascinating conversation that delves deep into one of the countrys brightest minds. The name Angela Davis is a by-word for black radicalism in America. 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. Share on . That's why Russia had this fortress, this macroeconomic fortress, these foreign currency reserves, the rainy day fund, reasonable inflation. 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. 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. You know it in the arts, in music, in literature, in dance, in film, in science. 8) Ep174 - Stephen Kotkin. Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Nuclear Weapons and American Renewal. Kotkin is the author of an authoritative biography of Joseph Stalin, two volumes of which have been published; a third is in the making. Professor Stephen Kotkin. No one I know understands this history more intimately than Stephen Kotkin. . . We need a de-escalation from the maximalists spiral. When Professor Stephen Kotkin set out to write a biography of Stalin, he faced a series of challenges. If you want to understand this crisis and some possible outcomes, dont miss this conversation. You go on to describe three fleeting moments of remarkable Russian ascendancy during Peter the Great. Download it (App Store, Google Play), use code "LexPodcast". Kotkin has published two volumes of a projected three-part biography of Stalin, and his works on the dissolution of the Soviet Union and its aftermath are without peer in their precision and. Either install a puppet government or force the current government and president to sign some paperwork. It sent special forces into the capital of Kabul. It's the subject of Kotkin's latest boo, Podcasts like Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain. A modern realistic story like John Mearsheimer tells us that a great deal of the blame for what we're witnessing now must go to the United States. 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. 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- ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free- ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get 20% off your first orderEPISODE LINKS:Stephen's Website: https://history.princeton.edu/people/stephen-kotkinStalin: 1878-1928 (Vol 1): https://amzn.to/3NvokpCStalin: 1929-1941 (Vol 2): https://amzn.to/3wIYqsTPODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcastApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIrSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41OUTLINE:0:00 - Introduction2:19 - Putin and Stalin13:09 - Putin vs the West36:01 - Response to Oliver Stone47:07 - Russian invasion of Ukraine1:26:35 - Putin's plan for the war1:34:33 - Henry Kissinger1:40:28 - Nuclear war1:51:01 - Parallels to World War II2:13:47 - China2:21:55 - World War III2:29:24 - Navalny2:33:41 - Meaning of lifeSOCIAL:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman- Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman- Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman 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. Kotkin writes with verve and imagination and pages of brilliant synopses intersperse the narrative. Trending My Feed My Profile Categories. That's what happens with dictatorships. They use a very heavy state-centric approach to try to beat the country forward and upwards. All the nonsense about how the West is decadent, the West is over, the West is in decline, it's a multipolar world, the rise of China, et cetera. 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. 0:08 Episode Links:Stalin (book, vol 1): https://amzn.to/2FjdLF2Stalin (book, vol 2): https://amzn.to/2tqyjc3Here's the outline of the episode. Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter of the best New Yorker podcasts. 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. Putins aggression is not some kind of deviation from the historical pattern, he tells David Remnick. They do not have the scale of forces, they do not have the number of administrators and they do not have the cooperation of the population. Of the looming collapse of our own American (and Canadian) regimes, through the lens of the 1989 collapse of similar regimes in Eastern Europe. Its problem has always been not that sense of self, not that sense of identity, but the fact that it's in a struggle to live up to this aspiration that it has for itself, which it can't because the west has always been more powerful. Stephen Kotkin: Dont Blame the West for Russias Invasion of Ukraine. Stephen Kotkin: Stalin, Putin, and the Nature of Power. What role do the United States and the European powers have in repulsing their aggression? Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Nuclear Weapons and American Renewal. 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. Stephen Kotkin is a professor of history at Princeton and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Then say, "These high water marks aside, Russia has almost always been a relatively weak great power." 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. Stephen Kotkin, a professor of history and international affairs at Princeton University, and a research scholar at the Hoover Institution, respectfully disagrees. Putin's aggression is "not. That's the thing about the United States in the West. Would he even agree to run Ukraine on behalf of Russia? 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. These were: 1) A second appearance on Alex Kaschuta's Subversive podcast. In this episode of Lexman, we talk to Stephen Kotkin about the history of harvesting and the possibility of telepathy. 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. 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. The historian Stephen Kotkin and the Ukrainian journalist Sevgil Musaieva on a year of disaster, and the hopes for an end. Prior to that, Mr. Baker was Deputy Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal from 2009-2013. 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. It's trying to overthrow your regime in some type of so-called collar revolution. and WNYC Studios, Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window), Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window). Viktor Yanukovych was the duly elected president in 2010 in free and fair elections, who was unbelievably corrupt, was chased out of power by protests and he fled to Russia. 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. Mr. Baker previously served as Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones from 2013-2018. Stephen shares the story of his hair, which led to him using a variety of pen names in the literary world. After Hitler came to power in 1933 the Soviet. That it had been modernized to the point where it could organize not a military invasion, but a lightning coup to take Kyiv in one, two, four, five days. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. New York Public Radio transcripts are created on a rush deadline, often by contractors. Let's not do that again. Of course, that's where Putin himself comes from. This is the third installment. It's always starving them of the high-tech. 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. It had militarism. The worst part of this dynamic in Russian history is the conflation of the Russian state with some personal ruler. Stephen Kotkin, a professor of history and international affairs at Princeton University, and a research scholar at the Hoover Institution, respectfully disagrees. That seems highly likely. He is now completing the third and final volume. Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly roundup of the latest, Putins Descent Into Despotism, and Jane Campion on The Power of the Dog. Full episode with Stephen Kotkin (Jan 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCkkjnpS2f8Clips channel (Lex Clips): https://www.youtube.com/lexclipsMain chann. Stephen Kotkin: You want to turn the ignition on in your car, you're going to turn that ignition on? It's certainly not the same as Xi Jinping or the regime in Iran. Interested in exclusive Uncommon Knowledge content? It had an autocrat, it had repression, it had militarism, it had suspicion of foreigners in the West. Will Ukraine hold firm? If not, then you're in for a treat as Stephen Kotkin brings us his latest, ESCARGOT. Accuracy and availability may vary. Angela Davis' encounter with her own ancestry has unwittingly exposed the follies of America's reparations debate. 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. You know it. 2023 Cond Nast. Photograph by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP / Getty, a settlement among Russia, Ukraine, and the West. 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 Kotkin's rational basis for loving the United States. Stephen Kotkin's Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 is the story of how a political system forged an unparalleled personality and vice versa. We have corrective mechanisms, we have a political system that punishes mistakes. First of all, Ukraine is winning this war only on Twitter. It hollowed out. The more you corner, the more there's nothing to lose for Putin, the more he can raise the stakes. Since then, the world has changed in ways that were unimaginable just 3 weeks ago. 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. George Kennan was the greatest Russia expert who ever lived, but I just don't think blaming the West is the right analysis for where we are today. 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. Kotkin is the author of an authoritative biography of Joseph Stalin, two volumes of which have been published; a third is in the making. He believed that the Ukrainian government was a pushover. 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. Instead of getting the strong state that they want to manage the Gulf with the West, they instead get a personalist regime. Once again they hollow themselves out. 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. The world's view of .Show More. 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 ofShow More, Stephen Kotkin is a historian and the author of Stalin: Waiting For Hitler, 1929-1941. 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. If not him, who else? What actually is the nature of the regime and the people who are loyal to it and the people who are important in it? Recorded on January 14, 2022. You're going to turn the light switch on in your office? He is currently a professor in history and international affairs at Princeton University and a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. STEPHEN KOTKIN is John P. Birkelund '52 Professor in History and International Affairs at Princeton University. 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. He is the author of nine works of history, including . Perhaps first and foremost, people already thought they knew who Stalin was. Join the #1 community of podcast lovers and never miss a great podcast. This is a Russia we know, and it's not a Russia that arrived yesterday or arrived in the 1990s. Recorded on March 3rd, 2022 Last month, Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson asked Princeton Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Stephen Kotkin . 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. Programa Lex Fridman Podcast, ep. Very similar situation in some ways. (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. All the minerals that they have that they extract which is all just cash flow. By signing up, you'll be subscribed to the #1 podcast discovery newsletter, Podyssey Picks. Professor Stephen Kotkin. 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. Articles by this author: Essay Spring 1983 Beyond Free Trade Historian Stephen Kotkin became the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution in 2022. 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. Stephen Kotkin is a historian specializing in Stalin and Soviet history. He discusses the Ojibwa tribe and their oral stories, and how his love for folklore has influenced his work. That's on a recent episode of our podcast. Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment (Stephen Kotkin). It had militarism. Perhaps first and foremost, people already thought they knew who Stalin was. The historian Stephen Kotkin puts Vladimir Putins destructive campaign against Ukraine in context, and Campion talks about her Western that isnt really a Western. Its a fascinating conversation that delves deep into one of the countrys brightest minds. 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. Moreover, the largest and most important consideration is that Russia cannot successfully occupy Ukraine. 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. Would you think I'm wrong? Stephen Kotkin is a professor of history at Princeton and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. 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. Stephen Kotkin: What is the Best Political System? A filmmakers journey to the heart of the war. His weekly column for the editorial page, Free Expression, appears in The Wall Street Journal each Tuesday. 20 Podcast Episodes. 34 PODCASTS; 44 EPISODES; 58m AVG DURATION? Russia in the nineteenth century looked much as it does today, he says. 3) An appearance on Stephen W. Carson's Radical Liberation podcast. I would even go farther. Stephen Kotkin on the History of Harvesters, Telepathy and the Future of Food. 2) An appearance on Brian Chau's From the New World podcast (nearly three hours!) Moreover, think about all those Ukrainians who would continue to resist. Stephen Kotkin, a professor of history and international affairs at Princeton University, and a research scholar at the Hoover Institution, respectfully disagrees. Why would they care about Ukraine? All it takes is a handful of them being assassinated to unsettle the whole occupation. the Ricochet Audio Network offers over 50 original podcasts with new . Stephen Kotkin is a historian specializing in Stalin and Soviet history. 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. Stephen Mark Kotkin (born February 17, 1959) is an American historian, academic and author. It began like this, "For half a millennium, Russian foreign policy has been characterized by soaring ambitions that have exceeded the country's capabilities. 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. It murdered the Afghan leadership, and it installed a puppet, Babrak Karmal. How Russias latest commander in Ukraine could change the war. It had repression. #289 Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine. 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 did a coup in Afghanistan. They ended up with an insurgency against their rule and they ended up with a 10-year war that they lost. Russia in the nineteenth century looked much as it does today, he says: It had an autocrat. There are internal processes in Russia that account for where we are today. It turned out the Ukrainian people are brave and they're willing to resist and die for their country. Throughout the 1930s the USSR prepared for war. 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, 18781928andWaiting for Hitler, 19291941. Perhaps. Stephen Kotkin. They get a dictatorship, which usually becomes a despotism. Each of these had a different focus; there . 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