Among the books is particularly related to our topic of this conference, a failed empire, the soviet union and the cold war from stalin to gorbachev and i also noted among his books zhavagos children and having just watched the movie yet again, i was drawn, of course, to that topic. Jeremy suri is a longtime friend of the Miller Center. As we did recently welcome him back for an American Forum on the latest book the impossible presidency which in light of the incumbent might be called the impossible president but its the impossible presidency about whether anyone now can be a successful president. Jeremy is the mac brown distinguished chair for leadership and Global Affairs at university of texas an hes based in both the department of history and the lynn din Johnson School of public affairs. So im going to turn to vlad first who will speak to us about his essay on brezhnev and the lessons of detente. All right. Should i go there . You may go wherever you are comfortable. Maybe ill say
This panel. We will go to a little bit past 1 00. I have just met vlad zubok last evening over dinner and after dinner in which we had a fascinating conversation about khrushchev and kennedy. But two slightly different khrushchevs and kennedys about whom weve been speaking and it was mrs. Jacqueline kennedy and mrs. Khrushchev. We might save that for a later discussion. But i really enjoyed that conversation. Vlad is a professor of international historio London School of economics. Hes an expert on the cold war, and soviet russian history, and particularly intellectual history. Among his books is particularly related to our topic of this conference, a failed empire, the soviet union and the korld war from stalin to gorbachev. And i also noted among his books zhivagos children. I was drawn, of course, to that topic. Jeremi suri is a longtime friend of the Miller Center, were always happy to welcome him back. As we did recently, for an American Forum on his latest book, the impossible pr
Khrushchev. And we might save that for a later discussion but i really enjoyed that conversation. Vlad is a professor of International History at the London School of economics, an expert on the cold war and soviet russian history and particularly intellectual history. Among the books is particularly related to our topic of this conference, a failed empire, the soviet union and the cold war from stalin to gorbachev and i also noted among his books zhivagos children and having just watched the movie yet again, i was drawn, of course, to that topic. Jeremi suri is a longtime friend of the Miller Center. We are always happy to welcome him back. As we did recently for an American Forum on his latest book, the impossible presidency which in light of the incumbent might be called the impossible president. But it is called the impossible presidency and it is about whether anyone now can be a successful president. Jeremi is the mac brown distinguished chair for leadership and Global Affairs at
The oldfashioned feelgood movie la la land leads nominations for the oscars. You cant leave so fast as the ruling today from the u. K. Supreme court on Prime Minister theresa may toss brexit plans. The Supreme Court says the government must get Parliament Approval before beginning brexit proceedings to take the country out of the eu. This will put additional strain on an already tight schedule. May wants to trigger brexit by the end of march. Parliament is expected to give approval but proeu lawmakers may win some concessions first. It was a landmark ruling in uncharted territory. The 11 justices siding against the government which, in its haste to break with the eu, had hoped to avoid parliamentary vote. A source of u. K. Law will be cut off when they withdraw from the eu treaties. Certain rights enjoyed by u. K. Citizens will be changed. The government cannot trigger article 50. The ruling is a blow for Prime Minister theresa may who is intending to invoke article 50. The governments
Medical specialists are in berlin to debate all of the prescriptions for a healthier world. Brent im brent goff, good to have you with us. Tonight, children on the verge of starving to death. The u. N. s childrens agency is warning that almost 1. 4 million children could die of starvation this year. In four countries suffering from famine. Lets look at the areas affected. Unicef says in northeastern nigeria, there is an ongoing conflict with boko haram. 450,000 children are severely mound lashed malnourished. Somalia has been experiencing drought and unrest for years. 270,000 children are at risk. A proxy war in yemen has destroyed the economy of that country. Nearly 500,000 children are starving in what has become the poorest country in the middle east. And civil war and drought have led the government in south sudan to declare a famine in parts of that country with over 250,000 children facing hunger there. That is where our first report takes us. Reporter children and babies are the