Two very provocative and extremely influential articles that were written by frank castiglione. The first appeared in the 1997 issue of the journal of American History. And the second appeared just last year in 2016 in the same journal. These penetrating deal with George Kennan , soviet russia and the cold war. s longknow that kennan telegram, which was sent in february 1946 from moscow to xshington and his socalled article the following year that appeared in the journal of Foreign Affairs these two pieces of writing embodied the core, the very core of u. S. Containment policy for the cold war. Documents that frank focuses on and extrapolates from. Important bothe substantively and methodologically. Reexamines, he kennans motives and thinking. In so doing, he makes a major methodological contribution. He injects a motion a major factor for us to think about that emotion injects emotion as a major factor press to think about, rather than the rational realist, frank portrays kennan in al
Last year in 2016 in the same journal. Both of these penetrating articles [ laughter ] sorry, deal with george kennen, soviet russia and the cold war. Now we all know that kennens longtelegraphed, which was sent in february 1946 from moscow to washington and his socalled e articex article embodied the very core of u. S. Containment policy to the cold war. These are the documents that frank focuses on and extrapolates from. But his articles are important, both substantively and method logically. First of all, he reexamines kennens motives and thinking. And in so doing he makes a major methodological contribution. He injects emotion as a major factor to think about when we imagine the formation of policy in the early cold war. Rather than the rational realist, frank portrays kennen in all of his humanity, rational . Yes. But also insecure. Anxious, frustrated. Fearful and fearful of seeming fearful. He urges us, frank urges us to ponder the interception of emotion and reason, the interse
Last year in 2016 in the same journal. Both of these penetrating articles [ laughter ] sorry, deal with george kennen, soviet russia and the cold war. Now we all know that kennens longtelegraphed, which was sent in february 1946 from moscow to washington and his socalled e articex article embodied the very core of u. S. Containment policy to the cold war. These are the documents that frank focuses on and extrapolates from. But his articles are important, both substantively and method logically. First of all, he reexamines kennens motives and thinking. And in so doing he makes a major methodological contribution. He injects emotion as a major factor to think about when we imagine the formation of policy in the early cold war. Rather than the rational realist, frank portrays kennen in all of his humanity, rational . Yes. But also insecure. Anxious, frustrated. Fearful and fearful of seeming fearful. He urges us, frank urges us to ponder the interception of emotion and reason, the interse
Its 8 00 p. M. In japan and welcome to newsroom tokyo. Special live coverage from yamaguchi prefecture. Im sho beppu. A top level meeting between the leaders of japan and russia is taking place at the building behind me. The area is under tight security. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe has invited russian president Vladimir Putin to his familys hometown. A gesture of warm hospitality. But it is also seen as a reflection of the importance abe is putting on this meeting. At the top of the agenda is the territorial dispute over the northern territories. Illegally occupied for more than 70 years by russia. Although russia has another understanding of this issue. Theres a great deal of attention on whether the leaders can find any solutions or at least a clue. Putin arrived directly to yamaguchi this afternoon. And the two leaders immediately started talks. Translator i want to negotiate only behalf of our country. Keeping in mind the japanese people who used to live on the islands. Repo
America. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. President obama today defended his level of response to russian hacking, aimed at influencing the election, while for the first time appearing to directly point a finger of blame at Vladimir Putin. Today acknowledging some of what we reported exclusively this week, the president said at the time, he wanted to play the information straight in the midst of a hyper partisan election. But nbc news has learned of moves to thwart further russian mettling. Reporter nbc news broke the news this week that russian president Vladimir Putin directed russias mettling into the u. S. Election. And this afternoon, president obama all but confirmed it. Not much happens in russia without Vladimir Putin wp what. Reporter what he designed to say is whether Hillary Clinton lost because of the russian mettling. Im going to let all the political pundits in this town h