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#289 – Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine

#289 – Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine

Lex Fridman Podcast vor 4 Jahren

Stephen Kotkin is a historian specializing in Stalin and Soviet history. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Lambda: https://lambdalabs.com/lex - Scale: https://scale.com/lex - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.

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Stephen Kotkin is a historian specializing in Stalin and Soviet
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Stalin: 1878-1928 (Vol 1): https://amzn.to/3NvokpC

Stalin: 1929-1941 (Vol 2): https://amzn.to/3wIYqsT

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OUTLINE:

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(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