There is a consistent lack of understanding of the more primordial forces in history among European policy makers. Europeans need to disprove the adage that “Americans come from Mars and Europeans from Venus,” in short that Americans fight wars and Europeans are pacifists. But the way to prevent war are strong defenses – Norman Naimark, Professor of Stanford University pointed out in a conversation with Lénárd Sándor on the context and consequences of the Russia – Ukraine war.
Russia’s take on the Second World War is not merely for nationalist consumption. The actions of the Soviet Union in defeating Nazi Germany appear to be a blueprint for the Russian attack on Ukraine.
Historian Norman Naimark discussed “Putin and Ukraine” at the Morning Forum of Los Altos April 5, explaining the events that led the Ukrainian people to want their own language, independence
After the Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, international relations major Catarina Buchatskiy bought a one-way plane ticket to Poland where she has been helping mobilize efforts to protect Ukrainian culture and history from destruction.
Stanford University Professor Emeritus David Kennedy highlighted the factors that led to the success of the American West and the forces now threatening that success, in his Morning Forum of