Origins of the Ukraine War & What Comes Next | Serhii Plokhy

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Demetri Kofinas

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🗓️ 8 May 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In Episode 311 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Serhii Plokhy, the director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University and a leading authority on Ukraine, Russia, and Eastern Europe. Plokhii has published extensively on the international history of World War II and the Cold War and he joins Demetri to discuss the subject of his latest book on the Russo-Ukrainian war and the return of history.

This is a conversation about national identity, the disintegration of empires, and what will follow from the largest European land war since WWII. How will the Ukraine war's outcome inform the evolution of the international order? And what are the most compelling theories that explain Putin’s decision to invade in the first place? Was it to build a ‘greater Russia’ as some of his detractors have claimed or did Moscow face legitimate security concerns from NATO enlargement that on their own can explain the course of events? The answer to this last question holds important lessons about the future of European security and US policy toward China, which is what Demetri and professor Plokhy spend part of the second hour discussing.

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Episode Recorded on 04/28/2023

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? My name is Dmitri Kaffinas and you're listening to Hidden Forces,
0:05.8	a podcast that inspires investors, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens to challenge consensus
0:12.9	narratives and to learn how to think critically about the systems of power shaping our world.
0:18.4	My guest in today's episode is Professor Serhi Blohi, the director of the Ukrainian Research
0:23.7	Institute at Harvard University and a leading authority on Ukraine, Russia and Eastern Europe.
0:30.3	He's published extensively on the International History of World War II and the Cold War,
0:34.9	and he joins me today to discuss the subject of his latest book on the war in Ukraine and the return
0:40.8	of history. This is a conversation about national identity, the disintegration of empires,
0:46.8	and what will follow from the largest European land war since World War II.
0:51.7	How will the outcome of the war in Ukraine inform the evolution of the international order?
0:56.5	And what are the most compelling theories that explain Putin's decision to invade in the first
1:00.8	place? Was it to build a greater Russia as some of his detractors have claimed?
1:05.2	Or did Moscow face legitimate security concerns from NATO enlargement that on their own can
1:10.3	explain the course of events? The answer to this last question holds important lessons about
1:15.8	the future of European security and U.S. policy towards China, which is what we spent part of the
1:21.2	second hour discussing. If you want access to that part of the conversation and you're not
1:25.6	already subscribed to Hidden Forces, you can join our premium feed and listen to the second
1:30.6	hour of today's episode by going to hiddenforces.io slash subscribe. All of our content tiers give you
1:37.4	access to our premium feed, which you can listen to on your mobile device using your favorite podcast
1:43.2	just like you're listening to this episode right now. If you want to join in on the conversation
1:49.2	and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius Community, which includes Q&A calls with guests,
1:54.3	access to special research and analysis in person events and dinners, you can also do that
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