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and i want to sort of lay out would i understand as the russian case here of what has brought us to this moment. which i think, parts of it are true, and parts of them are overstated. but basically is, russia empower false and you get guys just keep nato and if you say nato wanted coach, and it keeps expanding, expanding nato. and you want to squeeze us, and then circle, us and we re getting stronger and we want to push back, and you say we are the aggressor. that s essentially the case putin makes. as someone who is sort of predators present at the moment, what is your understanding of where we are here? it s very complex. there s a new book as not one inch, which i highly recommend. it s written by josh off and the new yorker today. and it s about the struggle that followed the december 1991, after the fall of the tom soviet union. but it s a highly disputed history and there is no question that the west pressed
after the fall of the soviet union. but it s a highly disputed history and there is no question that the west pressed its advantage. george h. w. bush, you know, wanted not only wanted to reunite germany, but he also realized that there were countries in eastern europe, in the baltic states, that had historical reasons for wanting to be in nato. security reasons. russia, obviously, was in a position of weakness. and right now, putin seeks to reverse what he sees us the disastrous negotiations by gorbachev, and then boris yeltsin. yes, there were political reasons for wanting to do this too. what is the new real legacy of putin if after all these years in history and great success economically? no.
resistance in the bloody disaster. and he joins me now, it s good to have you, david. i wanted to talk to you precisely because of your presence in moscow in the wake of the fall of the soviet empire. and i want to sort of lay out what i understand as the russian case here of what has brought us to this moment. which i think, parts of it are true, and parts of them are overstated. but basically it s, soviet russia falls and you get guys, just keep nato and if you say nato wanted coach, and it keeps expanding, expanding nato. and you want to squeeze us, and then circle us, and we re getting stronger and we want to push back, and you say we are the aggressor. that s essentially the case putin makes. as someone who is sort of predators present at the moment, what is your understanding of where we are here? it s very complex. there s a new book by m. e. sarotte, not one inch, which i highly recommend. it s written about by josh rothman in the new yorker today. and it s about the struggle
its advantage. george h. w. bush, you know, wanted not only to reunite germany, but he also realize that there were countries in eastern europe, in the baltic states, that had historical reasons for wanting to be in nato. security reasons. russia, obviously, was in a position of weakness. and right now, putin seeks to reverse what he sees us the disastrous negotiations by gorbachev, and then boris jansen. yes, political reasons for wanting to do this to. what is the new real legacy of putin if after all these years in history and great success economically? no. has he expanded russian liberties or no. he s become the spokesman of a kind of counter enlightenment. he s pronounced the liberal democracy obsolete. and he has become the center of