Great Decisions | Russia and the U.S. | WorldBoston

Russia and the United States have many areas of conflict and some possible areas of mutual interest. Arms control, Russian interference in U.S. elections and support of cyberattacks, and the fate of opposition politicians in Russia all continue to be concerning.

Now, with Russia’s war in Ukraine, the relationship between Russia and the U.S. has become particularly fraught. How will the Biden administration approach these issues, and how will the U.S.-Russia relationship be affected for years to come?

Join WorldBoston for a discussion of this complex topic with Dr. Alexandra Vacroux, Executive Director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.

---- Contents of the video ----
0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:46 - Topic and Speaker Introduction
0:04:32 - The Past (Soviet Union)
0:06:20 - NATO
0:10:45 - The Present
0:20:29 - What is Putin thinking?
0:27:34 - U.S. Response
0:40:40 - Stability-Instability Paradox
0:41:25 - Q&A

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[mc-lbdk]

She works for either CIA or the Pentagon or both but has definitely no clue about what is going on

[TimePeace]

Regarding the comment whether China will learn the lesson from Ukraine to attack Taiwan, she said no, because of fear of consequences such as US's sanction.

Again this speaker is just incapable of seeing events objectively beyond her American perspective.

China has repeatedly said that it would attack if Taiwan moves toward independence as China considers that as secession. China keeps saying that is the absolute red line and it will bear whatever costs as it is an issue of sovereignty.

For some strange reason, just like this speaker, US and the West refuse to (or pretend not to) understand that.

Why is that so hard to understand? If California or Hawaii decides to secede, US would do everything in its power to prevent that from happening too.

Within Taiwan, there are two forces at play - the pro-unification (through peaceful, organic development and retaining the democratic character of Taiwan, consistent with the current one-China status quo) opted by the blue coalition of political parties and the independence movement as represented by the green coalition of parties. US is trying hard to interfere with the internal political processes in Taiwan to support the independence movement for its own agenda.

This speaker is clearly aware of the political dynamics within Taiwan as it was aware with the divisions in Ukraine when Victoria Nuland proudly claimed credit of the Maidan coup having spent $5b on Ukraine to prepare it for 'democracy'.

Putin too before the invasion kept calling out its red line and for dialogue on Ukraine neutrality and for compliance of the Minsk Accord. US and Europe didn't care until the invasion.

[Максим-щцш]

It's so weak analysis... Lady should learn basics from George Friedman and try to avoid paraphrase thoughts from her "kitchen club".