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.". 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. It's just a de-profound remarkable place. 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. I thought we'd begin by your analysis of that argument. The financial sanctions are very impressive but they'll take a while to affect the calculus of those people around Putin and Putin himself. If not, then you're in for a treat as Stephen Kotkin brings us his latest, ESCARGOT. 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. You go on to describe three fleeting moments of remarkable Russian ascendancy during Peter the Great. Ever seen a snail go on a skating rampage? It did a coup in Afghanistan. Mr. Baker previously served as Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones from 2013-2018. 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. This is the thing about authoritarian regimes. He believed, it seems that Ukraine was not a real country. 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. 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. Accuracy and availability may vary. Stephen Kotkin: It's not clear that they do. Articles by this author: Essay Spring 1983 Beyond Free Trade Kotkin is a Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University and he's a research scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford. 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. These were: 1) A second appearance on Alex Kaschuta's Subversive podcast. Historian Stephen Kotkin became the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution in 2022. 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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 One other example we might allude to is what happened in Afghanistan in 1979. This is the third installment. Its a fascinating conversation that delves deep into one of the countrys brightest minds. All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg. Let's not do that again. It's always starving them of the high-tech. 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. 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. All rights reserved. Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment (Stephen Kotkin). 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 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. By signing up, you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. Check out Uncommon Knowledge on social media! And how does the conflict impact the world?Email your questions to James and Al at politicswarroom@gmail.com or tweet them to @politicon. David Remnick: Stephen Kotkin is a professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University. 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. 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. Find them wherever you listen to podcasts. Putins aggression is not some kind of deviation from the historical pattern, he tells David Remnick. 8) Ep174 - Stephen Kotkin. 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. 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. 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. Moreover, think about all those Ukrainians who would continue to resist. Stephen Kotkin. I would even go farther. New York Public Radio transcripts are created on a rush deadline, often by contractors. 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 is a professor of history at Princeton and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Stephen Kotkin's Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 is the story of how a political system forged an unparalleled personality and vice versa. That seems unlikely. It had repression. Interested in exclusive Uncommon Knowledge content? The historian Stephen Kotkin and the Ukrainian journalist Sevgil Musaieva on a year of disaster, and the hopes for an end. David Remnick: Steve Kotkin, I'm very grateful to you. They can't feed their people, they can't provide security for their people. Each of these had a different focus; there . The Clements Center at the University of Texas at Austin is the premiere institution for the research and teaching of history, strategy, and statecraft. Join the #1 community of podcast lovers and never miss a great podcast. Photograph by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP / Getty, a settlement among Russia, Ukraine, and the West. By signing up, you'll be subscribed to the #1 podcast discovery newsletter, Podyssey Picks. 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 had an autocrat. Stephen Kotkin: You want to turn the ignition on in your car, you're going to turn that ignition on? Stephen Kotkin is a professor of history at Princeton and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. It's trying to overthrow your regime in some type of so-called collar revolution. We're waiting for Viktor Yanukovych to reappear. Does he get input from others? 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. We need a de-escalation from the maximalists spiral. That's what happens with dictatorships. Perhaps first and foremost, people already thought they knew who Stalin was. 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. Sarah Rundell November 15, 2022 Stephen Kotkin is a professor of history at Princeton and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. We have strong institutions, we have powerful and free media. In the year since Russia's invasion, Ukrainians have shown incredible fortitude on the battlefield. The historian Stephen Kotkin puts Vladimir Putins destructive campaign against Ukraine in context, and Campion talks about her Western that isnt really a Western. 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. He's written two volumes so far on the life of Stalin with one more to come, as well as books on the Soviet Union in its last years. The biggest sanctions and the most important sanctions are always technology transfer. We discuss the forces that led to the development of harvesters and what they may be able to achieve in the future. All it takes is a handful of them being assassinated to unsettle the whole occupation. Does he think he knows better than everybody else? 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. Which seems at least from this distance singularly stupid. No one I know understands this history more intimately than Stephen Kotkin. All the minerals that they have that they extract which is all just cash flow. Some experts, includingJohn Mearsheimer, have blamedNATOexpansion for the invasion of Ukraine, arguing that it has provoked Putin to defend his sphere of influence. Way before NATO existed in the 19th century, Russia looked like this. It turned out the Ukrainian people are brave and they're willing to resist and die for their country. 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. 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. Looking for more episodes? Stephen Kotkin: What is the Best Political System? Gerry Baker is Editor at Large of The Wall Street Journal. They ended up with an insurgency against their rule and they ended up with a 10-year war that they lost. He believed that the Ukrainian people were not a real people, that they were one people with the Russians. Kotkin is the author of an authoritative biography of Joseph Stalin, two volumes of which have been published; a third is in the making. The name Angela Davis is a by-word for black radicalism in America. 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. 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. . Otherwise, their war is unfolding well. Either install a puppet government or force the current government and president to sign some paperwork. Would he even agree to run Ukraine on behalf of Russia? The written version of this review can be found here. Of course, there's been tremendous change. Recorded on March 3rd, 2022 Last month, Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson asked Princeton Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Stephen Kotkin . Thank you. The worst part of this dynamic in Russian history is the conflation of the Russian state with some personal ruler. Stephen Kotkin is a historian specializing in Stalin and Soviet history. Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Nuclear Weapons and American Renewal. Stephen shares the story of his hair, which led to him using a variety of pen names in the literary world. It's not a response to actions of the West. That is what we're seeing in Kharkiv, weve seen it in other parts of Ukraine, and to my mind, it's only just begun potentially. They use a very heavy state-centric approach to try to beat the country forward and upwards. In trying to match the West or at least manage the differential between Russia and the West, they resort to coercion. In this episode of Lexman, we talk to Stephen Kotkin about the history of harvesting and the possibility of telepathy. 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. Instead of getting the strong state that they want to manage the Gulf with the West, they instead get a personalist regime. 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. 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. the Ricochet Audio Network offers over 50 original podcasts with new . Its a fascinating conversation that delves deep into one of the countrys brightest minds. It began like this, "For half a millennium, Russian foreign policy has been characterized by soaring ambitions that have exceeded the country's capabilities. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. First of all, Ukraine is winning this war only on Twitter. David Remnick: Let's describe Putin and Putinism what kind of regime is it? Stephen Kotkin: Oh, yes. You know it. Stephen Kotkin, a professor of history and international affairs at Princeton University, and a research scholar at the Hoover Institution, respectfully disagrees. Of course, this isn't the same regime as Stalin. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. 4) An appearance on Todd Lewis's Praise of Folly podcast. 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. Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine: With Lex Fridman, Stephen Kotkin. #289 Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine. . 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. Why would they care about Ukraine? It had militarism. Historian Stephen Kotkin became the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution in 2022. 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. Full episode with Stephen Kotkin (Jan 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCkkjnpS2f8Clips channel (Lex Clips): https://www.youtube.com/lexclipsMain chann. His weekly column for the editorial page, Free Expression, appears in The Wall Street Journal each Tuesday. Stephen Kotkin is a historian specializing in Stalin and Soviet history. Episode Links:Stalin (book, vol 1): https://amzn.to/2FjdLF2Stalin (book, vol 2): https://amzn.to/2tqyjc3Here's the outline of the episode. 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. 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: 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. 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. 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. Share on . He believed that the Ukrainian government was a pushover. 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. That's the thing about the United States in the West. and WNYC Studios, Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window), Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window). New episodes about infrequent. Visit our website terms of useat www.wnyc.org for further information. Feb 14 2023 Historian Stephen Kotkin became the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution in 2022. 44 episodes from 34 podcasts have Stephen Kotkin as a topic. This is a Russia we know, and it's not a Russia that arrived yesterday or arrived in the 1990s. Kotkin is the author of an authoritative biography of Joseph Stalin, two volumes of which have been published; a third is in the making. 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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices, 5 More Questions For Stephen Kotkin: Ukraine Edition. 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. He is currently a professor in history and international affairs at Princeton University and a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. A whole civilization more than just a country. Yet an end to the conflict seems nowhere in sight. Latest 8 Feb 2023 | Updated Daily. 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/YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridmanYouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclipsSUPPORT & CONNECT:- Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman- Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridmanOUTLINE:Here's the timestamps for the episode. If you would like to get . Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. He's a psychologically unimpressive character, he was incompetent, could he actually have the willpower? It had militarism. He believed what he was likely told or wanted to believe about his own military. 2023 Cond Nast. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Stephen Mark Kotkin (born February 17, 1959) is an American historian, academic and author. 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. 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. Ep174 - Stephen Kotkin. They get a dictatorship, which usually becomes a despotism. 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. 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. 20 Podcast Episodes. 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. Recorded on January 14, 2022. Produced by The New Yorker All of that turned out to be bunk. 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. 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. Stephen Kotkin: Stalin, Putin, and the Nature of Power. 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? Of course, that's where Putin himself comes from. 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 I was honored to appear in four different venues in February. 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. Stephen Kotkin, a professor of history and international affairs at Princeton University, and a research scholar at the Hoover Institution, respectfully disagrees. With David. Podcast Powered . It's not exactly the same as Stalinism. 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. It is committed to policy-relevant scholarship that addresses the most important strategic issues facing our nation today and . It had an autocrat, it had repression, it had militarism, it had suspicion of foreigners in the West. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. 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. 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. On the battlefield, they are not winning this war. 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. 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. It's the subject of Kotkin's latest booShow More. 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