Joel Kotkin: Aggressive Canadian progressivism is descending the country into crazy nationalpost.com/opinion/joel-k…

this is a great article. I am happy to see that Kotkin, one of my role models, has overcome a wartime shock of his interviews a year ago. However, the postwar Russia will not be like France, it will be like Austria-Hungary. But this is not central here foreignaffairs.com/russian-federa…

The idea that Stalin intentionally 'holodomored' Ukrainians is rejected by mainstream historians like Fitzpatrick, and even by conservatives like Kotkin, who is literally a fellow at the Hoover Institute

Joel Kotkin: Aggressive Canadian progressivism is descending the country into crazy nationalpost.com/opinion/joel-k…

Where Kotkin goes off the rails is on Hunter Biden laptop and the 'Big Steal': #MAGAtears and crackbrained conspiracy theories.

just finished stalin: waiting for hitler by stephen kotkin- fantastic book, cant believe i have to wait over a year to find out if the ussr manages to defeat hitler

Stephen Kotkin: The Five Futures of Russia foreignaffairs.com/russian-federa…

Read Stephen Kotkin on Russia’s possible futures—and whether the country is likely to resemble contemporary France, assume the role of China’s vassal, become something of a giant North Korea, or take another path:
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Highly recommended : Stephen Kotkin: The Five Futures of Russia foreignaffairs.com/russian-federa…

Illiberalism is on the grow in Canada and around the world. Kotkin makes a few good points, but calling an elected govt a regime is laying it on thick. During the pandemic, social media was teeming with 'dissenting views' (crackpot conspiracy theories).
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An excellent essay by Hoover Institution's Stephen Kotkin: 'The Five Futures of Russia' foreignaffairs.com/russian-federa…

And Kotkin concludes his long article like Kennan did in his Long Telegram, with the absolutely correct emphasis on internal regeneration. Let's invest in ourselves. This the real source of long-term strength.

Kotkin forgets about the possibility of an American cascadia allying with a pacific oriented Russia as a counter example to western degeneracy.

“The American example and economic practice bent the trajectory of Russia before, and it could do so again, with fewer illusions this time.” Stephen Kotkin examines how the United States can prepare for a post-Putin Russia:
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I can't get through his interviews. I can, not without pauses. 😏

Kotkin remains a russian imperial simp. Academia is going to be difficult to separate from russian imperialism to Eastern European studies in the West.

Careers are on the line. Please continue pushing back.

Aggressive Canadian progressivism is descending the country into crazy | National Post

Liberals progressivism is denigrating what was once an iconic culture & customs -Trudeau has purposely & relentlessly attacked our core beliefs & values !

Thoughts ? nationalpost.com/opinion/joel-k…

“Russia has never sustained itself as a great power unless it had close ties to Europe. And for Putin or a successor, it would be a long way back.” Read Stephen Kotkin on Russia’s potential trajectories:
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“The United States and its partners must not exaggerate their ability to shape Russia’s trajectory,” writes Stephen Kotkin. “Instead, they should prepare for whatever unfolds.”
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Excellent lecture by historian Stephen Kotkin on the World Order and Great Power competition

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