Stephen Kotkin on Lost in Translation: World Order & Word Order | HISPBC Ch.1

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Published 2024-04-09
@HooverInstitution Senior Fellow Stephen Kotkin, explores the challenges of understanding and navigating the modern world order with an emphasis that language and terms used in global debates are often misleading and create false perceptions. The need to redefine and better articulate these terms, choose historical examples more wisely, and resist the temptation to adopt the tactics of adversaries is as immediately necessary as ever. Kotkin suggests that, ultimately, by understanding the true nature of power dynamics, embracing the strengths of open societies, and learning from the past, the United States will be better equipped to shape a prosperous and stable future in an increasingly complex world.

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Check Out More from Stephen Kotkin:

Watch "The History Behind Russia's Expansionary Foreign Policy" with Stephen Kotkin here: www.policyed.org/policy-stories/history-behind-rus…

Watch "Why the West Won't Collapse" with Stephen Kotkin here:
www.policyed.org/intellections/why-west-wont-colla…


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All Comments (21)
  • @American-In-Mykolaiv
    There is no such thing as a boring Stephen Kotkin presentation - full of historical facts and stories to bind them together. Thanks!
  • @karasagadake
    Listening to Stephen Kotkin is like having a light switched on and the darkness vanishing.
  • @Nuance88
    The history book that Stephen Kotkin mentions is Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America by Pekka Hämäläinen. He doesn't end up saying the title, only the author.
  • @danielstavroff1535
    Strong ending with a TIMELESS Stoic statement. "The best revenge is not to be like your enemy." - Marcus Aurelius. Again, many of life's problems have been solved. We just fail to apply the lessons.
  • @IndritSelimi
    Thank you Prof Kotkin. You are a global treasure. 👏👏👏👏👏
  • @lettucesalad3560
    Stephen Kotkin is the best. I don't question that he'll say what he really believes, unlike some others.
  • @considerthis7712
    Always appreciate Kotkin’s knowledge and deep evaluation of issues. ( Australia, from real the ‘Global South’).
  • @releasedfortitude99
    Keeping Posting Stephen Kotkin content and Ill keep watching it! LOVE KOTKIN
  • @huna1950
    Been waiting a long couple of months Thanks so much Stephen
  • @listener523
    If Sec State got to open for Kotkin then it should go down as his highest achievement.
  • @effexon
    I like this Kotkin. Doesnt seem to be stuck in past and old attitudes and perceptions.
  • @kreek22
    I listened to half of this yesterday, glanced at the comments, left. Came back today, half the comments are missing, including completely anodine comments like "what book is Kotkin referring to?" Less and less can we trust what is digitally delivered to us. The powers that mastered thought control in the pre-digital age have not lost any of their appetite for such power over minds. If they are not already better than they were at this game 30 years ago, they soon will be. The tools for offensive thought control are simply superior to those available for defense against thought control. If Kotkin were a deeper thinker, he would discuss this crucial matter.
  • @nishensemble
    I simply do not understand how this guy explains complicated things so simply all the time. Like, even his cadence is slow and easy. It's like E=MC^2 but for explaining geopolitics.
  • @telluwide5553
    Thank God we have people like Stephen Kotkin, Sarah Paine, and even Peter Zeihan (although many, due to his exploding popularity, has his critcs)....