world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program from the czars and arenas to soviet-era com czars to president putin. we delve into the nature of power in russia looking at the past to help us understand the present. i ll talk to the new yorkers david remnick can professor nina krus efa. also the prime minister of barbados on getting the west to pay for damage for the climate change s rising seas and weather. two degrees is a death sentence. and the president of kenya on why many nations in the global south are not taking a side on the war in ukraine. but first, here s my take. in his important book the third wave samuel huntington pointed out the division among the ruling elite is a key sign of weakness in authoritarian regimes. when prominent members of the establishment break with the system it often triggers a larger set of changes. conversely, when you do not see such defections it means the autocrat will probably be able to survive. syrian dictator bashar al ass
people talk about in russia to describe power in that in that structure is clans. not parties and civic organizations and constituency, but clans. clans within the fsb. clans within the interior ministry and within the defense ministry and all the rest and there are factions and there are there s no raving liberals, and that s for sure, but the difference between the temp temperament in the fsb, but i don t think we should sit around waiting for gorbachev, much less sakerov to e merging post-putin. it is a colossal mess. nina, what do you think putin s fate is in a situation where he does not achieve his