Diplomacy, Deterrence, and the Defense of Democracy | HISPBC

[@grizzlyglock4191]

Yet another banger by Mr. Stephen Kotkin. General Mattis deserves praise too!

[@Nonyobiz]

Mattis AND Kotkin?.. What a day!

[@yewtree2552]

That closing speech that General Mattis was given touched my heart, and my soul!

[@joecahill1994]

That last statement by General Mattis reminded me of how proud I am to be an American

[@UniverseSpeck]

Sad so few people feel pride for America these days. I'm a Trump supporter in terms of policy, but I can definitely say, neither party is offering us much in terms of a vision for American exceptionalism. And don't even get me started on the Media. Americans need some new voices who care for the country over "clicks".

[@jlziux]

Hoover Institute is crushing it with its content.

[@RN-lo6xc]

Excellent. Don’t squander your country, dear Americans.

[@paularivero1878]

Great great general Mattis and professor Steve Kotkin. What a lesson!!!

[@moosemoose9409]

Good stuff, especially that closing statement by the former Secretary

[@DaShooter12]

Fantastic discussion. I hope I can see Kotkin at a talk one day. Mattis was superb as well.

[@karagi101]

One of the best story tellers there is. Nobody conveys history in a more engaging and understandable way.

[@geraldfreibrun3041]

Two of my favorites, one inspired me to join the marines, while the latter made me want to join the foreign service

[@ZhangWei02]

Thank you! These are trying times and I'm grateful you're out there. Sempre Fi!

[@lcraver4797]

as per the discussion around the 10 minute mark, 40 years ago I was an undergraduate math major who was interested in history and spent several hours reading historical works including spending a rainy winter afternoon in the basement of the stacks reading the Nuremberg Trial transcripts. (These days the easiest way to do that is to point your browser at the Harvard Law school web site and better indexed than the 40 or so volumes of the original transcripts)

[@Zyzyx442]

Mattis and Kotkin, awesome, thanks for the lecture

[@thesilkpainter]

I will send this one to our German Putin lovers. Many thanks!

[@JohanJohansson-y5y]

I would like to see these gentlemen debate prof Mearsheimer.

[@Academics684]

Excellent! What a breath of fresh air.

[@frankshifreen]

wowWOW LOVE LISTENING TO PROF KOTKIN AND GEN MATTIS

[@user-oi9iz9jr8y]

Love Stephen Kotkin and Marta’s isn’t too bad

[@sully_n_dubs]

How are we in the financial situation to take on this strategy? 1990, 2000? fine. How can we take on this posture in our current financial situation?

[@karagi101]

Doesn’t necessarily require more money. It requires reallocation of money to prioritize what is needed to carry out the strategy.

[@thewealthofnations4827]

I've been waiting for this. .

[@nathanvonbarnausythoff1303]

this the one i been waiting for 🙌🙌

[@ffleischer]

A masterclass… 🤌🏼

[@smlince]

Kotkin ought to debate Mearsheimer RE NATO decisions affecting and responsibility for Ukrainian/Russian war before the US presidential election for public consideration and informed decision making, for all those who would be interested to listen and learn

[@Desalnietteminimaal]

Great talk! I wish we had something like this in the European context

[@TheLordFrog]

Amazing men.

[@hikerJohn]

As to the answer to the first question . . . America had an industrial complex in the past, we don't have the capabilities now that we had then.

[@michaeltbarry2096]

Salute.

[@karagi101]

It’s unfortunate that the great majority of people are not interested in this topic. They’d rather only watch dog videos and other entertainment.

[@user-oi9iz9jr8y]

Love

[@SpaceCafeCanada]

One of the greatest minds of our times, spin, spin, histrian!

[@McGee8975]

joe pesci for Dr. Kotkin in a film quality biography of his work in the Soviet Union.

[@thedustdevil303]

💡'It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.' Mark Twain 😎 History recurrence is repetition of similar event in history..🙀

[@stevemiddleton5278]

Not a single student laughed at their jokes, haha. It was so cringe. The new generation has been conditioned by their apps to have hopelessly low emotional intelligence.

[@upstartfenix]

So true. Maybe it means they are less sociopathic? A guy can hope?

[@tb8865]

Their answers about what to do are predicated on their being some great reserve of human capital in the US. I don't see any evidence for that. I see incompetence and corruption in public service at the highest level. Nobody has even bothered making the case for why America should be involved in Ukraine other than with BASIC platitudes about fighting tyrants and saving democracy like this is some kind of Marvel movie. We just wasted two decades fighting pointless wars and the people behind those wars are still calling the shots in policy corridors. Let's hope we don't spend the next two decades fighting more pointless wars, but I'm not holding my breath.

[@pmmsfc]

It is hate that brings horror

[@greatsky8226]

Democracy means that the folk govern their country. How many countries in the world are governed through its folk? The answer is: none. Hence there is no democratic country in the world at all. Which democracy do you think to defence?

[@maricel4083]

Our federal general they studies also wht you have. Yan po secreto nang federal military kaya alam ni table kung need ninyo pondohan o hindi need nang tulong o hindi

[@michaelstagar4254]

Mattis/McMasters 2028

[@Questioneverything2050]

Mattis is so elite, he makes kotkin look like a joke 😂😂😂😂

[@munnychinni5386]

Same American propaganda and lies 😂😂😂

[@tomschneider7555]

Around Min. 25:00 Mattis says block the import of energy I.e. Oil&Gas and the lights in Chine will go out in 30 days. China has a huge strategic reserve of currently 5.4 years of its annual consumption. I do think the US and its ally can very effectively block a big part of China’s Oil&Gas imports. However, it would be a long time before the lights go out in China

[@michaeljacobs4546]

@ circa 8:30 but what about the failing EU project? How do we help them salvage that for both economic and military security?