festival of the book presenting reading under the influence a. woman s place is in the brewhouse with tarot. neuron. i m sarah lawson associate director of the virginia center for the book a program of virginia humanities. thanks for joining us. a couple notes before we begin please share your questions for the author using the q&a tab on zoom. also, this event has optional closed captioning which you can turn on and customize at any time with the tab at the bottom of your window. if you haven t already read today s book, we hope you will for details about how to buy it from a local bookseller. visit vabook.org where you can also explore the schedule of upcoming festival programs and watch past events. while you re there, please consider making a donation to support the festivals ongoing work at va book.org slash give thanks to our sponsor for this annual event w tucker lemon, virginia humanities board member and advocate for reading. under the influence thanks also to our co
festival of the book presenting reading under the influence a. woman s place is in the brewhouse with tarot. neuron. i m sarah lawson associate director of the virginia center for the book a program of virginia humanities. thanks for joining us. a couple notes before we begin please share your questions for the author using the q&a tab on zoom. also, this event has optional closed captioning which you can turn on and customize at any time with the tab at the bottom of your window. if you haven t already read today s book, we hope you will for details about how to buy it from a local bookseller. visit vabook.org where you can also explore the schedule of upcoming festival programs and watch past events. while you re there, please consider making a donation to support the festivals ongoing work at va book.org slash give thanks to our sponsor for this annual event w tucker lemon, virginia humanities board member and advocate for reading. under the influence thanks also to our co
frozen from bad to worse. that 30 year period followed the cold war itself, which had lasted for 4550 years and the cold war are followed. of course, the 2 world wars are, although russia and then the soviet union fought on the allied side in both those conflicts. they both were essentially what was fought between europe or at least central europe. in the case of the 1st world war and russia. it s often forgotten this. the point is often overlooked picky from a western perspective, because if your british or french, you know about the trenches in the, on the western front, but the, the war on russia, for example, in 1914, the 1st declaration of war was i, austria against serbia. and the 2nd declaration of war on the 1st of august, 1914, was by germany against russia. so the focus of those 2 world wars, and of course, also in the 2nd world war was between europe and russia. and as i say, well, the soviet union then from 41 to 45 was of course on the allied side that was a smal
a university lecture in history and political philosophy in saint petersburg. we have gilbert doctorow. he s an independent political analyst, an author, a memoirs of an ex pat manager in moscow during the 1990s. and in province we cross through vladimir goldstein. he is the chair of the department of slavic studies at brown university. our gentleman crosses rose in effect. that means he can jump any time he want. and i always appreciate, i want to ask you all 3. the same question. i ll start off with john. here is the window to europe that same p, that peter, the great envisioned, is it coming to a close? is it closed? yes, it s been slammed by europe or in russia throughout the last her 1020 years has repeatedly said how much it wants to corporate with the west, with europe in particular of course, but even with the americans and are, you know, the door has been slammed in its face or the window has been slammed in its face or in a very, very fundamental way. as angular mer
province we cross through laudermill goldstein. he is the chair of the department of slavic studies at brown university. i gentleman cross sack rose in the fact that means he can jump anytime he want. and i always appreciate, i want to ask you all 3. the same question. i ll start off with john. here is the window to europe at st. p. that peter, the great envisioned, is it coming to a close? is it closed? yes, it s been slammed by europe or in russia throughout the last 1020 years has repeatedly said how much it wants to cooperate with the west, with europe in particular, of course, but even with the americans and are, you know, the door has been slammed in its face or the window has been slammed in its face or in a very, very fundamental way. as angela merkel used to remind people, even at the height of the cold war when there was a very acute ideological confrontation between communism and capitalism. economic relations continued between the soviet union and the west picture