How Russias latest commander in Ukraine could change the war. 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. Ad Choices, Never miss a podcast episode again! This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. 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. David Remnick: Steve Kotkin, I'm very grateful to you. Stephen Kotkin: Yes. David Remnick: Let's discuss the nature of the regime because it seems to me that the Putin regime changed somewhat. All rights reserved. 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. Stephen Kotkin, a professor of history and international affairs at Princeton University, and a research scholar at the Hoover Institution, respectfully disagrees. By signing up, you'll be subscribed to the #1 podcast discovery newsletter, Podyssey Picks. 2 hr 49 min PLAY #289 - Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine Lex Fridman Podcast Technology Stephen Kotkin is a historian specializing in Stalin and Soviet history. 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. Episode Links:Stalin (book, vol 1): https://amzn.to/2FjdLF2Stalin (book, vol 2): https://amzn.to/2tqyjc3Here's the outline of the episode. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Report Video. David Remnick: Let's describe Putin and Putinism what kind of regime is it? 8) Ep174 - Stephen Kotkin. These were: 1) A second appearance on Alex Kaschuta's Subversive podcast. They can't feed their people, they can't provide security for their people. Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine: With Lex Fridman, Stephen Kotkin. That's the thing about the United States in the West. He's a psychologically unimpressive character, he was incompetent, could he actually have the willpower? 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. Visit our website terms of useat www.wnyc.org for further information. and WNYC Studios, Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window), Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window). If you want to understand this crisis and some possible outcomes, dont miss this conversation. And how does the conflict impact the world?Email your questions to James and Al at [email protected] or tweet them to @politicon. I thought we'd begin by your analysis of that argument. The written version of this review can be found here. 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. 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. 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. 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. Professor Stephen Kotkin. Moreover, think about all those Ukrainians who would continue to resist. For the macroeconomic stability, for the economic growth, you need decent relations with the West. If not him, who else? The biggest surprise of course, was the West. It had suspicion of foreigners and the West. Kotkin describes how and why the Putin regime has evolved toward despotism, and he speculates that the strategic blunders in invading Ukraine likely resulted from the biases of authoritarian rulers like Putin, and the lack of good information available to them. The worst part of this dynamic in Russian history is the conflation of the Russian state with some personal ruler. 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. 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. The financial sanctions are very impressive but they'll take a while to affect the calculus of those people around Putin and Putin himself. 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. 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. What's failed was the attempt to take Kyiv in a lightning advance. 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. 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. STEPHEN KOTKIN is John P. Birkelund '52 Professor in History and International Affairs at Princeton University. David Remnick: In the meantime, as we saw in Grozny in 99 and 2000, as we saw in Aleppo, Russia is perfectly willing if precision doesnt work, theyre perfectly happy to use decimation. 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. 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. David Remnick: Finally, you've been very quick to give credit where credit's due to the Biden administration for reading out its intelligence about the coming invasion, for sanctions, and for a mature response to what's happening. New episodes about infrequent. While a . 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 Podcasts about Stephen Kotkin Follow Stephen Kotkin. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Russia in the nineteenth century looked much as it does today, he says: It had an autocrat. It's always starving them of the high-tech. Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Nuclear Weapons and American Renewal. 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. . This is a Russia we know, and it's not a Russia that arrived yesterday or arrived in the 1990s. 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. 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. Download it (App Store, Google Play), use code "LexPodcast". All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg. 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. 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. 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. Recorded on January 14, 2022. Stephen Kotkin: With Russia, what you've got is a remarkable civilization. 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. Stephen Kotkin: It's a military-police dictatorship. A whole civilization more than just a country. Sarah Rundell November 15, 2022 Accuracy and availability may vary. They're terrible at everything. In this episode, Lexman welcomes Stephen Kotkin to discuss his writing and pseudonyms. 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 . 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. Does he think he knows better than everybody else? 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. Historian Stephen Kotkin became the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution in 2022. Then say, "These high water marks aside, Russia has almost always been a relatively weak great power." 0:08 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. Professor Stephen Kotkin. First of all, Ukraine is winning this war only on Twitter. 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 Russia in the nineteenth century looked much as it does today, he says. Putins aggression is not some kind of deviation from the historical pattern, he tells David Remnick. Professor Stephen Kotkin. 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. 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. Stephen Kotkin is a professor of history at Princeton and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Would you think I'm wrong? 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. It had suspicion of foreigners and the West. Kotkin describes how and why the Putin regime has evolved toward despotism, and he speculates that the strategic blunders in invading Ukraine likely resulted from the biases of authoritarian rulers like Putin, and the lack of good information available to them. 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 is a professor of history at Princeton university and one of the great historians of our time, specializing in Russian and Soviet history. 2) An appearance on Brian Chau's From the New World podcast (nearly three hours!) Follow Stephen Kotkin on Ivy.fm. If they can force all opposition into exile or prison, they can survive no matter how incompetent, no matter how corrupt, no matter how terrible they are. After Hitler came to power in 1933 the Soviet. Stephen Kotkin is a professor of history at Princeton and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Otherwise, their war is unfolding well. 20 Podcast Episodes. 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--. INFREQUENT EPISODES; Feb 4, 2022 LATEST; 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? Since then, the world has changed in ways that were unimaginable just 3 weeks ago. In the scheme that you're sketching out, it seems to me that at least for a good while, the people these are most aimed at will be able to absorb sanctions. It murdered the Afghan leadership, and it installed a puppet, Babrak Karmal. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. . 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 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. Of course, there's been tremendous change. Stephen Kotkin: Dont Blame the West for Russias Invasion of Ukraine. Looking for more episodes? You go on to describe three fleeting moments of remarkable Russian ascendancy during Peter the Great. It's just a de-profound remarkable place. 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. "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 Articles by this author: Essay Spring 1983 Beyond Free Trade Some experts, includingJohn Mearsheimer, have blamedNATOexpansion for the invasion of Ukraine, arguing that it has provoked Putin to defend his sphere of influence. No one I know understands this history more intimately than Stephen Kotkin. By signing up, you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. 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. Gerry Baker is Editor at Large of The Wall Street Journal. Very similar situation in some ways. All rights reserved. The name Angela Davis is a by-word for black radicalism in America. Angela Davis' encounter with her own ancestry has unwittingly exposed the follies of America's reparations debate. And as usual, his answers are concise, incisive, and analytic. 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. Feb 14 2023 Historian Stephen Kotkin became the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution in 2022. Ep174 - Stephen Kotkin. Kotkin is a Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University and he's a research scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford. Perhaps first and foremost, people already thought they knew who Stalin was. It then has a long period of stagnation where the problem gets worse. Stephen Kotkin: I have only the greatest respect for George Kennan, whom I knew, John Mearsheimer is a giant of a scholar but I respectfully disagree. The contributing writer Dhruv Khullar examines which strategies worked to control the virus, and talks with the C.D.C.'s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, about the problem of misinformation. Stephen Mark Kotkin (born February 17, 1959) is an American historian, academic and author. It's trying to overthrow your regime in some type of so-called collar revolution. Interested in exclusive Uncommon Knowledge content? the Ricochet Audio Network offers over 50 original podcasts with new . That seems highly likely. Kotkin writes with verve and imagination and pages of brilliant synopses intersperse the narrative. Yet an end to the conflict seems nowhere in sight. Full episode with Stephen Kotkin (Jan 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCkkjnpS2f8Clips channel (Lex Clips): https://www.youtube.com/lexclipsMain chann. The world's view of .Show More. . What actually is the nature of the regime and the people who are loyal to it and the people who are important in it? 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. 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. Prior to that, Mr. Baker was Deputy Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal from 2009-2013. That's why Russia had this fortress, this macroeconomic fortress, these foreign currency reserves, the rainy day fund, reasonable inflation. To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories, To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories, Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen. In the year since Russia's invasion, Ukrainians have shown incredible fortitude on the battlefield. 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. 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. Sign up for our daily newsletter to receive the best stories from The New Yorker. Instead of getting the strong state that they want to manage the Gulf with the West, they instead get a personalist regime. Stephen Kotkin: Oh, yes. 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. Produced by The New Yorker 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. 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. 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, 18781928 and Waiting for Hitler, 19291941. You know it in the arts, in music, in literature, in dance, in film, in science. Would he even agree to run Ukraine on behalf of Russia? It had an autocrat, it had repression, it had militarism, it had suspicion of foreigners in the West. 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. Stephen Kotkin: Russia has a lot of weapons that they haven't used yet but there are a couple of factors here. 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. 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. What role do the United States and the European powers have in repulsing their aggression? On the battlefield, they are not winning this war. Perhaps first and foremost, people already thought they knew who Stalin was. David Remnick: Such a regime, it seems to me would care above all about wealth, about the highlife about power. When Professor Stephen Kotkin set out to write a biography of Stalin, he faced a series of challenges. It turned out the Ukrainian people are brave and they're willing to resist and die for their country. The profound defiance of daily life in Kyiv. The authoritative record of New York Public Radios programming is the audio record. The biggest sanctions and the most important sanctions are always technology transfer. Stephen Kotkin is a historian specializing in Stalin and Soviet history. Throughout the 1930s the USSR prepared for war. We discuss the forces that led to the development of harvesters and what they may be able to achieve in the future. 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. All it takes is a handful of them being assassinated to unsettle the whole occupation. Trending My Feed My Profile Categories. It had an autocrat. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. The more you corner, the more there's nothing to lose for Putin, the more he can raise the stakes. It had militarism. The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University. We have here, the assumption that it could be a successful version of that, and it wasn't. What we have today in Russia is not some deviation from a historical pattern. Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment (Stephen Kotkin). I would say that NATO expansion has put us in a better place to deal with this historical pattern in Russia that we're seeing again today. A historian envisions a settlement among Russia, Ukraine, and the West. Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Nuclear Weapons and American Renewal. This is the thing about authoritarian regimes. Since the war in Ukraine broke out a year ago, Kotkin has appeared regularly on Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson to offer his unique perspective on the Russian aggression and answer five questions for us. 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. Will Ukraine hold firm? David Remnick: Stephen Kotkin is a professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University. Stephen Kotkin, a professor of history and international affairs at Princeton University, and a research scholar at the Hoover Institution, respectfully disagrees. 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. What if anything have they gotten wrong in this? Stephen Kotkin interview on Russia, Ukraine - podcast yukibird0 154 subscribers 30K views 3 months ago #ukraine #russia Around 1. october 2022 danish newspaper Information interviewed. All of that turned out to be bunk. Find them wherever you listen to podcasts. 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. And their oral stories, and analytic but they 'll take a while to affect the calculus of people... 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