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  1. 2023. 03. 12.

    2023.09: How Did the West Get Russia So Wrong?

    When the USSR collapsed, the West had so much hope for an integrated, peaceful Russia. What went so wrong, and how did the West actually embolden Putin to become a "serial aggressor"? In the Classroom: Russia expert Ambassador Ian Kelly Topics: Ambassador Kelly's Talk 2:09: Ambassador Kelly's bio 4:27: Opening remarks 9:52: Outline of Talk 10:52: 1994 Budapest Memorandum 20:26: 2008 Invasion of Georgia 24:01: 2014 Annexation of Crimea 28:58: End of talk Q&A 29:50: Executive agreements v. Treaties 33:01: Public opinion in Russia 37:37: Implications of objectors leaving Russia 40:10: Impact on Russia's international reputation 42:57: Threat (or not) of NATO 44:29: Putin's endgame 47:37: Democracy building 51:31: Sanctions-dodging 53:49: Being an ambassador in Trump administration 56:43: End of Q&A Episode Transcript Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Transition Music: Multumesc Pentru Tot [Thanks for everything] by Cast of Characters Transition sound effects: Soundstripe The Politics Classroom website For further reading: The Bookshelf (under construction) Photo description: A hand, with all five fingers spread wide and pointing to the right, colored in the Ukrainian flag. Half of the hand, wrist and the thumb, pointer, and middle fingers are painted light blue. The other half of the hand, wrist, and the ring and pinkie fingers are pained yellow. Episode Links Ambassador Ian Kelly: https://internationalstudies.northwestern.edu/people/ambassador-in-residence.html Ambassador Kelly's bio: https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/247944.htm Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/HowWestGotRussiaSoWrong Ukrainian photographer, Elena Mozhvilo: https://unsplash.com/@miracleday Third Age: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/285 Multumesc Pentru Tot: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14760 Cast of Characters: https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/280 Soundstripe sound effect: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/72094 The Politics Classroom: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/ The Bookshelf: https://www.thepoliticsclassroom.org/post/2023-09-how-did-the-west-get-russia-so-wrong

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