Sign up for our daily newsletter to receive the best stories from The New Yorker. 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 authoritative record of New York Public Radios programming is the audio record. It had an autocrat, it had repression, it had militarism, it had suspicion of foreigners in the West. How Russias latest commander in Ukraine could change the war. Perhaps first and foremost, people already thought they knew who Stalin was. You know it in the arts, in music, in literature, in dance, in film, in science. 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. He is now completing the third and final volume. It did a coup in Afghanistan. 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. Of course, that's where Putin himself comes from. 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. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. This is the thing about authoritarian regimes. If not, then you're in for a treat as Stephen Kotkin brings us his latest, ESCARGOT. What we have today in Russia is not some deviation from a historical pattern. Copyright 2022 New York Public Radio. David Remnick: Such a regime, it seems to me would care above all about wealth, about the highlife about power. All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg. Share on . Why would they care about Ukraine? 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 That's why Russia had this fortress, this macroeconomic fortress, these foreign currency reserves, the rainy day fund, reasonable inflation. A Historian Of The Future: Five More Questions For Stephen Kotkin | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution. INFREQUENT EPISODES; Feb 4, 2022 LATEST; 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 can also subscribe for email notifications. If you would like to get . It hollowed out. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. Recorded on March 3rd, 2022 Last month, Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson asked Princeton Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Stephen Kotkin . Moreover, the largest and most important consideration is that Russia cannot successfully occupy 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, 1878-1928 and Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941. Stephen Kotkin's Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 is the story of how a political system forged an unparalleled personality and vice versa. 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. When Professor Stephen Kotkin set out to write a biography of Stalin, he faced a series of challenges. Thank you. Let's think about him. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. 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. He is the author of nine works of history, including . 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. 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. Way before NATO existed in the 19th century, Russia looked like this. Putins aggression is not some kind of deviation from the historical pattern, he tells David Remnick. The Soviet Union did not invade Afghanistan. We discuss the forces that led to the development of harvesters and what they may be able to achieve in the future. With David. Will Ukraine hold firm? 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. It's not exactly the same as Stalinism. It's certainly not the same as Xi Jinping or the regime in Iran. The more you corner, the more there's nothing to lose for Putin, the more he can raise the stakes. The historian Stephen Kotkin and the Ukrainian journalist Sevgil Musaieva on a year of disaster, and the hopes for an end. We need a de-escalation from the maximalists spiral. 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. In a sweeping discussion at FIS Maastricht, Professor Stephen Kotkin argues that Ukraine still has a long fight ahead, China has learnt economic strangulation and diplomatic coercion are a better strategy than invasion in Taiwan - and the west must invest more in its financial systems, military alliances and society. The biggest sanctions and the most important sanctions are always technology transfer. 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. Putins aggression is not some kind of deviation from the historical pattern, he tells David Remnick. 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. 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. the Ricochet Audio Network offers over 50 original podcasts with new . It had repression. Stephen Kotkin: It's not clear that they do. Report Video. You go on to describe three fleeting moments of remarkable Russian ascendancy during Peter the Great. 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. Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine: With Lex Fridman, Stephen Kotkin. 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. 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. 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. 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. Do they bring him information he doesn't want to hear? 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The . . The biggest surprise of course, was the West. 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. 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. 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. It's trying to overthrow your regime in some type of so-called collar revolution. 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. The financial sanctions are very impressive but they'll take a while to affect the calculus of those people around Putin and Putin himself. On the battlefield, they are not winning this war. If you want to understand this crisis and some possible outcomes, dont miss this conversation. Instead of getting the strong state that they want to manage the Gulf with the West, they instead get a personalist regime. Perhaps first and foremost, people already thought they knew who Stalin was. Stephen Kotkin: Stalin, Putin, and the Nature of Power. While a . Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. It had an autocrat. Trending My Feed My Profile Categories. In this episode of Lexman, we talk to Stephen Kotkin about the history of harvesting and the possibility of telepathy. For the macroeconomic stability, for the economic growth, you need decent relations with the West. 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. We keep raising the stakes with more and more sanctions and cancellations because that's where the pressure is on our side to "do something" because the Ukrainians are dying on television every day. That seems unlikely. I thought we'd begin by your analysis of that argument. 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. 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. The courage of the Ukrainian people and the bravery and smarts of the Ukrainian government and its president Zelensky, galvanized the West to remember who it was. 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. One other example we might allude to is what happened in Afghanistan in 1979. Stephen Kotkin is a professor of history at Princeton and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. What actually is the nature of the regime and the people who are loyal to it and the people who are important in it? Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. 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. 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. Stephen Kotkin is a professor of history at Princeton and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. If you're an administrator or a military officer in occupied Ukraine, and you order a cup of tea, you're going to drink that cup of tea? 3) An appearance on Stephen W. Carson's Radical Liberation podcast. 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. Yet an end to the conflict seems nowhere in sight. 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. In this episode, Lexman welcomes Stephen Kotkin to discuss his writing and pseudonyms. 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. We're waiting for Viktor Yanukovych to reappear. He sits down with Isaac Chotiner to discuss Stalins differences from the autocrats of today, what Stalin and HitShow More, 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 behiShow More, When Professor Stephen Kotkin set out to write a biography of Stalin, he faced a series of challenges. Let's not do that again. Stephen Kotkin: Oh, yes. 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 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 text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Sarah Rundell November 15, 2022 The problem now, David is not that the Biden administration made mistakes, it's that it's really hard to figure out how to de-escalate. In the year since Russia's invasion, Ukrainians have shown incredible fortitude on the battlefield. 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. Find them wherever you listen to podcasts. The name Angela Davis is a by-word for black radicalism in America. Some experts, includingJohn Mearsheimer, have blamedNATOexpansion for the invasion of Ukraine, arguing that it has provoked Putin to defend his sphere of influence. If not him, who else? No one I know understands this history more intimately than Stephen Kotkin. I would even go farther. 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. 2023 Cond Nast. Stephen Kotkin on the History of Harvesters, Telepathy and the Future of Food. 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. He believed what he was likely told or wanted to believe about his own military. 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? Stephen Kotkin: With Russia, what you've got is a remarkable civilization. Feb 14 2023 Historian Stephen Kotkin became the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution in 2022. It then has a long period of stagnation where the problem gets worse. 2) An appearance on Brian Chau's From the New World podcast (nearly three hours!) First of all, Ukraine is winning this war only on Twitter. Episode Links:Stalin (book, vol 1): https://amzn.to/2FjdLF2Stalin (book, vol 2): https://amzn.to/2tqyjc3Here's the outline of the episode. 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. Stephen Kotkin is a historian specializing in Stalin and Soviet history. Podcast Powered . Stephen Kotkin: You want to turn the ignition on in your car, you're going to turn that ignition on? It is a non-partisan center whose primary focus is on the uses of history by national security leaders and scholars. It began like this, "For half a millennium, Russian foreign policy has been characterized by soaring ambitions that have exceeded the country's capabilities. 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.". 44 episodes from 34 podcasts have Stephen Kotkin as a topic. Historian Stephen Kotkin became the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution in 2022. 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. That's the thing about the United States in the West. The Worthy House does not solicit donations or other support, or have ads. Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly roundup of the latest, Putins Descent Into Despotism, and Jane Campion on The Power of the Dog. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. It's just a de-profound remarkable place. Join the #1 community of podcast lovers and never miss a great podcast. Kotkin is the author of an authoritative biography of Joseph Stalin, two volumes of which have been published; a third is in the making. 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. Angela Davis' encounter with her own ancestry has unwittingly exposed the follies of America's reparations debate. It murdered the Afghan leadership, and it installed a puppet, Babrak Karmal. It's the subject of Kotkin's latest booShow More. Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Nuclear Weapons and American Renewal. Russia in the nineteenth century looked much as it does today, he says: It had an autocrat. Throughout the 1930s the USSR prepared for war. Ep174 - Stephen Kotkin. 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. 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. 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. All rights reserved. Professor Stephen Kotkin. They use a very heavy state-centric approach to try to beat the country forward and upwards. New York Public Radio transcripts are created on a rush deadline, often by contractors. Moreover, think about all those Ukrainians who would continue to resist. 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. It had repression. STEPHEN KOTKIN is John P. Birkelund '52 Professor in 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. David Remnick: Stephen Kotkin is a professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University. Once again they hollow themselves out. Prior to that, Mr. Baker was Deputy Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal from 2009-2013. He believed that the Ukrainian government was a pushover. A filmmakers journey to the heart of the war. Full episode with Stephen Kotkin (Jan 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCkkjnpS2f8Clips channel (Lex Clips): https://www.youtube.com/lexclipsMain chann. 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. Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment (Stephen Kotkin). Then Alexander I victory over Napoleon, and then of course Stalin's victory over Adolf Hitler. 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. We have here, the assumption that it could be a successful version of that, and it wasn't. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. 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. Stephen Kotkin. Photograph by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP / Getty, a settlement among Russia, Ukraine, and the West. Since then, the world has changed in ways that were unimaginable just 3 weeks ago. 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--. Perhaps. 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. Stephen Kotkin: What is the Best Political System? "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 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. 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. . 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? It is committed to policy-relevant scholarship that addresses the most important strategic issues facing our nation today and . 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. After Hitler came to power in 1933 the Soviet. What role do the United States and the European powers have in repulsing their aggression? And how does the conflict impact the world?Email your questions to James and Al at politicswarroom@gmail.com or tweet them to @politicon. Stephen Kotkin: Yes. (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. They're terrible at everything. Check out Uncommon Knowledge on social media! 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. 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. It had militarism. 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. We need a little bit of luck and fortune here, perhaps in Moscow, perhaps in Helsinki, or Jerusalem, perhaps in Beijing, but certainly in Kyiv. Stephen Kotkin: Russia has a lot of weapons that they haven't used yet but there are a couple of factors here. All it takes is a handful of them being assassinated to unsettle the whole occupation. Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Nuclear Weapons and American Renewal. 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. Does he think he knows better than everybody else? Would you think I'm wrong? We have strong institutions, we have powerful and free media. On this week's episode of my podcast, I Have to Ask, I spoke with Stephen Kotkin, a historian of Russia and the Soviet Union who has just published the massive second volume of his Joseph Stalin . 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. This was an edited version of my conversation with him and you can read much more, and also watch the video at newyorker.com. Join the #1 community of podcast lovers and never miss a great podcast. I was honored to appear in four different venues in February. Either install a puppet government or force the current government and president to sign some paperwork. Stephen Kotkin, a professor of history and international affairs at Princeton University, and a research scholar at the Hoover Institution, respectfully disagrees. 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. Interested in exclusive Uncommon Knowledge content? Articles by this author: Essay Spring 1983 Beyond Free Trade 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 Stephen Kotkin became the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution in 2022. 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