I tapped my old professor at Harvard to come talk to us today, but I want to set this up a little so you know the importance of this discussion.

Okay, so Graham Allison was the dean of the Kennedy School at Harvard when I attended,

all right, when they allowed me in, which was a huge mistake on their part. I think it was

a clerical error. Anyway, I showed up, and I didn't know

Graham Allison, but I met him, and he did a really good job at the school. And that's coming from

a guy who's very skeptical of pinhead professors. So subsequently, over the years, I followed

Dr. Allison's writings, and I think he is the best expert on China in the world.

Now, Russia, I don't know, but he does, obviously the Kennedy School, is deeply involved with studying what's happening with Putin and Russia.

Now, many colleges these days don't have academic discipline but Harvard does all right it may be crazy

socially and it is but they are analytical all right and it's it's likely outcomes so if i do a and it's full of speculation, I get a D.

If I do a paper where analytics are used and then likely outcomes are derived,

then I'll probably get a good grade.

And I got pretty good grades at Harvard because they want to get me out of there.

All right, that's why.

So joining us now from Cambridge, Massachusetts is Graham Allison. He's the Douglas Dillon

Professor of Government at the Kennedy School at Harvard and the former dean, as I mentioned. All right,

that's a pretty good buildup, so don't let us down here, okay? Thank you, Bill, but just one thing

you got wrong. We were proud to have you as a student.

We were proud of you as a graduate.

And I'm proud to say you were a graduate.

Thank you. That's very kind of you, Dean.

Likely outcome for Putin. How are you guys seeing it?

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