Had to ff through 15 minutes of boring to get to Kotkin.

Considering what has happened in the last 2 years Kotkin looks like a complete fool! And in a few months he will be an idiot!

Modern history of Russia and Ukraine is all about the deep State. The Deep state tries to control politics and policies of the President of the US and it's lawmakers. The Deep State is a virtual umbrella of real organizations and vested interest groups and lobbyists which tries to control the white house and the lawmakers on the Hill as well as NATO group.. Who controls the world after the fall of communism? I came to this conclusion while driving through a food bank in SE Oklahoma City, months ago. I got my share of free food handouts that day, few months ago. The world is indirectly controlled by the virtual umbrella of vested interest groups known as the Deep State operating in Washington DC as well as controlled by four nations after the fall of communism. Who controls the Deep State? The Deep State controls the President of the US and policy makers of the NATO group. The Deep State is controlled by the four nations of Lithuania and Latvia and Estonia and Poland after the fall of communism. So, the leaders of Lithuania and Latvia and Estonia of north Europe., and Poland control NATO and control the President of the US after the fall of communism. These four anti-Russian nations control NATO groups and are the sworn enemies of the post communist elected governments of the Russian Federation after the fall of communism. These four nations manipulate the Deep State group of Washington DC and the President of the US and the NATO group of nations after the fall of communism. Few average members of the Deep State whether civilians or soldiers have travelled to north Europe and East Europe. They say, "I love it here. Our forefathers had unnecessarily conquered the western hemisphere from native Americans for no reason. The US is now full of criminals. I wish we could stay here in East Europe and Baltic States. We Americans can conquer north Europe and East Europe. These four countries are welcoming us with open arms. I like the pretty landscapes and the scenery here." The only way to enrich people in the western hemisphere is by obeying three Baltic countries and Poland after the fall of communism.

Russia is outside civilization included the international civilization or order. Russia need to be crushed like Germany and Japan was crushed in 1945 unless it implode like it did in 1917 and 1991. If Russia implode again the West need to act fast so Russia never again will be a treat to the West.

15:30 (which is 11+ min after she says “in conclusion…”)

I am Polish and I am ashamed listening to Piotr Dutkiewicz who is clearly a pro kremlin agent. Kotkin is the best.

🙏 *promosm*

We are in Malaysia

Where is Canada?

??? What are we looking at?

Im returning Europe, Levant.

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Dr. MEHRAN KAMRAVA. THANK YOU.

Professor Stephen Kotkin of Princeton talks more sense about the subject of Russia than possibly anyone other than Professor Timothy Snyder of Yale. They are equally deserving of being listened to.

Kotkin wins the debate

Oh my God, please get her the stage

The alleged Russian collusion has now been proven to be false.

Most crucial three minutes: 1:23:16-1:26:17

The George Bush joke was good :D

This guy is nothing more than an American pro egocentric. You poor thing!

Everything Stephen Kotkin says about Russia accords with the narrative of the US State Department. I wonder why?

Thank you for a very informative session and for making it widely available!

The Russian leaders have no aspiration of making Russia the great empire; their only use for the country is to rob and steal from it as much as possible (from people, their taxes, the natural resources) and then run away to the West where their children and families already all live and where they buy all their property. It is only to the regular, poor Russians that they declare these lies about how great Russia is, and the idea of patriotism and dying for Russia if necessary on the national TV channels.

After Trump wins in 2020 Nov 3rd Steven Kotkin can go to bed with his dick shaped pillow.

Dieser Kotkin ist ein wahrer Kotzbrocken, ein US Propaganda Quatschkopf...

Putin is a master of the great game, as is Trump, Xi, Erdawon(?). "Russian politics is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." -Churchill "Russian politics are like dogs fighting under a rug.... the dog that wins will emerge carrying a bone."

Stephen Kotkin "forgot" to mention that in Ukraine, Syria etc Russia only responded to the expansion of the West and activity of its proxies. If Moscow had done nothing the whole Ukraine would have been now in NATO and Syria would have been ruled by Obama´s jihadists. So the geopolitical gain here is pretty clear. Russia didn't let things get worse. The truth is that Kremlin had no good choice.

I don't know why Robert Ford was made ambassador; anyone who shoots a man in the back is a coward in my book.

Dutkiewicz is obviously a Russian agent of influence. Nothing has changed with the fall of the Soviet Union, same old narratives like during the cold war; The economy was in continuous collapse but these loonies were praising the Soviet regime left and right. Sadly, these crooks (and I mean it, he is no professor) live and earn their living while they poison people’s minds.

Blaming Russia for killing their own spy is cute. What regime assassinates civilians in foreign countries with drones all the time... or that Iranian general on Iraqi soil. Oh, yeah, the country of great freedome and high moral values... The one with the highest conviction rates in the world, death sentences, constant jailing and killing on ethnical minorities. The one were free press gets beaten up and falsely aressted by police live on TV. The hypocrisy at its best. Russian government is obviosuly trash but holy crap, that naive guy talking about freedome and moral values in US makes me sick.

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Hi IRA, hi putin. Keep the butthurt comments coming losers. No offense to retail Russians.

If the US and Europe had actually helped Russia rebuild after the 1991 collapse, maybe with something like a Marshall Plan, and honoured their promises to Russia concerning NATO and to Ukraine concerning security, Russia would be a very different country today. Besides that, how on Earth can the countries who invaded the sovereign nation of Iraq in 2003, after fabricating an excuse, talk down to Putin over Crimea? Russia has become a kleptocratic oligarchy, where elites steal billions while millions live in poverty, public health care is substandard compared to other developed countries, and infrastructure is decaying to third world levels. Ordinary people are totally disenfranchised while sham elections are held to placate them. The US has become a corporate oligarchy, where elites steal billions while millions live in poverty, public health care is substandard compared to other developed countries, and infrastructure is decaying to third world levels. Ordinary people are totally disenfranchised while sham elections are held to placate them. Putin says he is making Russia great again while he lines his own and his cronies pockets. Trump says he's making Murikka great again while he lines his own and his cronies pockets. Stephen Kotkin is a brilliant historian whose work on Stalin will be the standard for decades to come, if not forever. But even he is (possibly willingly) blind to the political truths of our times. It's not that Trump is Putin's bitch. It's just that Trump and Putin are totally Sympatico when it comes to ethics and self promotion.

At 30:00 he's speaking about corruption. American corruption fits the discription to a T. Americas system is so corrupt it's actually the norm and has become totally indistinguishable from anything else so no one knows the difference anymore.

ditch the french, it is an insult to canadians

Or you’re “useful Idiot “ like Russians sey

Piotr are you Russian agent?

I’m left wondering: why is NATO even relevant anymore? The fact that it still exists tells us something. Everyone (almost) agrees with and uses the UN as the organization for maintaining relationships. We don’t need a parallel organization, unless we don’t trust the UN, and if that is the case, then the UN becomes obsolete like the League of Nations? Looks like I need to go down another rabbit hole now ...

Too much partial point of view, my endurance last until minute 13

Piotr Dutkiewicz sounds like a defense lawyer, blaming society for the crimes of his troubled teenage client (Putin).

Prof Kotkin starts at 15:15

Putin did not invade Ukrainian but sent volunteer mercenaries like USA does everywhere. If the Russian army invaded they would be in Poland in two weeks

Can't just do a speech on topic, has to do anti-Trump.

What a “distinguished” long winded intro

22:00 "Russia's belief in its special place and power" I'm reminded of Fall of Eagles when the Tsar sends his fleet to sort out the Japanese , "those little fellows", and we all know how the Battle of Tsushima ended up : a turkey shoot. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tsushima

Putin says NATO puts missiles in NATO countries that could be pointed at Russia. Pay is stagnant in the US too.

It is people like Kotkin who cannot help themselves demonising countries like Russia and China that largely lead the rogue US state for misunderstanding these countries.I thought they would have been a lot more productive and helpful in maintaining world peace if they would devote as much time and passion to educate the american public and the rest of the world about the problems of the US itself and how its bad behaviour are largely been responsible for much of the problems it imposes on the world.

Margaret Huber, President National Capitol Branch of C.I.C. 0:03:30 - 0:05:00 - 0:07:05 - Paul Durant 0:08:34 - Robert Hage , Chair this N.C.B. of C.I.C event 0:10:00 - 0:12:55 - Where did the (dis-engaged) West go wrong ? . ____________ Stephen Kotkin, Professor in History and ____________ International Affairs at Princeton University, ____________ Director of its Institute for International and ____________ Regional Studies and ____________ Co-director of the Program in the ____________ History and Practice of Diplomacy . 0:15:35 - Great to be here (in a functioning Canada) 0:16:05 - So here (the just prior to dinner speech) goes ____________ Joke 0:17:37 - Boris Nic-o-li-a-vich, can you describe in one word : Good 0:18:22 - Boris Nic-o-li-a-vich, can you describe in 2 words : Not Good 0:18:35 - So that's the point of my talk 0:20:45 - Russia's sense of self 0:21:23 - You'll notice that your new landlords 0:21:55 - A gap between capabilities & aspirations (better-than-you) 0:22:25 - To close the gap 0:30:00 - 0:35:00 - 0:37:00 - 0:38:42 - Focus Danielson 0:40:53 - U 0:41:18 - Hard to see strategic gain 0:41:28 - 0:41:38 - R 0:41:53 - Voluntarily turn on 0:42:14 - 3rd point 0:47:00 - 0:45:00 - 0:49:14 - A fundamental clash of interests 0:49:29 - Primary value : Freedom from THE STATE 0:49:47 - Primary value : THE STATE 0:50:00 - 0:50:10 - Differences can be managed 0:50:42 - 0:51:00 - Difficult without understanding values & interests . 0:51:30 - commentator : Piotr Dutkiewicz, ____________ Professor of Political Science and ____________ Director of the Center for Governance and ____________ Public Policy at Carleton University 0:52:04 - E-Europe : EXCELLENT but not hopeless 0:52:22 - Wrong Question which assumes an international order 0:52:44 - 1st point (system was permitted to decay) 0:54:35 - The Q is : Why stick to the nonexistent ? 0:55:03 - 0:56:03 - 2nd point Geo-politics with neighbors 0:57:00 - Perceives a threat 0:57:45 - Russia seeks rules change w/o World War : A positive 0:58:00 - Can-Rus relations 0:58:52 - Incentives on each side 0:58:56 - Then and now 0:59:35 - Our fault and their fault : No plan no future shock-absorb-rules 0:59:48 - Our old policies (HAMMER ) ___________ (But the new, Almost-free Russia) ___________ we treated as if the historic, Czar-One-man-rule (NAIL) __________________ [Someone, scholarly, also noticed. I feel better]. 1:00:05 - 1:00:49 - One problem: Hostage of Ukraine minority 1:01:40 - 1:02:18 - In conclusion 1:02:38 - Confront not harmony (Big enemy outside distracts from inept inside) 1:02:45 - Declared (by inept inside) was putting trust in West (outside) 1:02:53 - Yeltsin 1990's . . . Today (public-line) do it to West as they did it to Russia 1:04:49 - Russia will mirror not what West has done to Russia ___________ BUT what Russia dreams the West - did, does, will do - to Russia. 1:04:55 - Same with the West. We dream too. . 1:06:10 - Q & A

Russia's GDP is behind Italy and Brazil. Overcoming Russia's demographic deficit after the country's best and the brightest perished in the gulags is a project that will take generations.