#289 – Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(10:17) – Putin and Stalin<br />
(21:07) – Putin vs the West<br />
(43:59) – Response to Oliver Stone<br />
(55:05) – Russian invasion of Ukraine<br />
(1:34:33) – Putin’s plan for the war<br />
(1:42:32) – Henry Kissinger<br />
(1:48:26) – Nuclear war<br />
(1:59:00) – Parallels to World War II<br />
(2:21:45) – China<br />
(2:29:54) – World War III<br />
(2:37:23) – Navalny<br />
(2:41:40) – Meaning of life</p>