Diplomacy, Deterrence, and the Defense of Democracy | HISPBC
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- Together, Gen. Jim Mattis and Professor Stephen Kotkin field questions from Policy Boot Camp students on wide array of topics including isolationist trends in American foreign policy, the Russia-China relationship, NATO expansion, nuclear deterrence, and the situation in Taiwan. They emphasize the importance of understanding history, stress the unique strength of American democracy and values, advocate for a strategic approach to leverage U.S. advantages while adapting to evolving threats, and encourage the younger generation to actively engage in promoting democratic ideals and preserving U.S. global leadership.
General Jim Mattis - General Jim Mattis, US Marine Corps (Ret.), is the Davies Family Distinguished Fellow, after having served as the nation’s 26th Secretary of Defense in the administration. Before retiring in 2013 he was the Commander of U.S. Central Command, directing military operations of over 250,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, Coast Guardsmen, Marines and allied forces across the Middle East. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead, and the co-editor of the book, Warriors & Citizens: American Views of Our Military.
Stephen Kotkin - Stephen Kotkin is the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, senior fellow at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and the Birkelund Professor in History and International Affairs emeritus at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs where he taught for 33 years. His research encompasses geopolitics and authoritarian regimes, both past and present, and is a renowned biographer of Joseph Stalin with his books Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 | Hoover Institution Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 and Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 | Hoover Institution Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941.
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That last statement by General Mattis reminded me of how proud I am to be an American
Sad so few people feel pride for America these days. I'm a Trump supporter in terms of policy, but I can definitely say, neither party is offering us much in terms of a vision for American exceptionalism. And don't even get me started on the Media. Americans need some new voices who care for the country over "clicks".
Yet another banger by Mr. Stephen Kotkin. General Mattis deserves praise too!
Mattis AND Kotkin?..
What a day!
Good stuff, especially that closing statement by the former Secretary
Fantastic discussion. I hope I can see Kotkin at a talk one day. Mattis was superb as well.
One of the best story tellers there is. Nobody conveys history in a more engaging and understandable way.
That closing speech that General Mattis was given touched my heart, and my soul!
Two of my favorites, one inspired me to join the marines, while the latter made me want to join the foreign service
Thank you! These are trying times and I'm grateful you're out there. Sempre Fi!
I would like to see these gentlemen debate prof Mearsheimer.
Great great general Mattis and professor Steve Kotkin. What a lesson!!!
Excellent. Don’t squander your country, dear Americans.
Love Stephen Kotkin and Marta’s isn’t too bad
Hoover Institute is crushing it with its content.
Mattis and Kotkin, awesome, thanks for the lecture
Excellent! What a breath of fresh air.
as per the discussion around the 10 minute mark, 40 years ago I was an undergraduate math major who was interested in history and spent several hours reading historical works including spending a rainy winter afternoon in the basement of the stacks reading the Nuremberg Trial transcripts. (These days the easiest way to do that is to point your browser at the Harvard Law school web site and better indexed than the 40 or so volumes of the original transcripts)
Love
this the one i been waiting for 🙌🙌
I've been waiting for this. .
wowWOW LOVE LISTENING TO PROF KOTKIN AND GEN MATTIS
Great talk! I wish we had something like this in the European context
I will send this one to our German Putin lovers. Many thanks!
Amazing men.
Salute.
A masterclass… 🤌🏼
Our federal general they studies also wht you have. Yan po secreto nang federal military kaya alam ni table kung need ninyo pondohan o hindi need nang tulong o hindi
joe pesci for Dr. Kotkin in a film quality biography of his work in the Soviet Union.
One of the greatest minds of our times, spin, spin, histrian!
How are we in the financial situation to take on this strategy? 1990, 2000? fine. How can we take on this posture in our current financial situation?
Doesn’t necessarily require more money. It requires reallocation of money to prioritize what is needed to carry out the strategy.
It’s unfortunate that the great majority of people are not interested in this topic.
They’d rather only watch dog videos and other entertainment.
💡'It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.' Mark Twain 😎 History recurrence is repetition of similar event in history..🙀
Mattis is so elite, he makes kotkin look like a joke 😂😂😂😂
Mattis/McMasters 2028
It is hate that brings horror
As to the answer to the first question . . . America had an industrial complex in the past, we don't have the capabilities now that we had then.
Their answers about what to do are predicated on their being some great reserve of human capital in the US. I don't see any evidence for that. I see incompetence and corruption in public service at the highest level. Nobody has even bothered making the case for why America should be involved in Ukraine other than with BASIC platitudes about fighting tyrants and saving democracy like this is some kind of Marvel movie. We just wasted two decades fighting pointless wars and the people behind those wars are still calling the shots in policy corridors. Let's hope we don't spend the next two decades fighting more pointless wars, but I'm not holding my breath.
Not a single student laughed at their jokes, haha. It was so cringe. The new generation has been conditioned by their apps to have hopelessly low emotional intelligence.
So true. Maybe it means they are less sociopathic? A guy can hope?
Kotkin ought to debate Mearsheimer RE NATO decisions affecting and responsibility for Ukrainian/Russian war before the US presidential election for public consideration and informed decision making, for all those who would be interested to listen and learn
Democracy means that the folk govern their country. How many countries in the world are governed through its folk? The answer is: none. Hence there is no democratic country in the world at all. Which democracy do you think to defence?
Same American propaganda and lies 😂😂😂
@ circa 8:30 but what about the failing EU project? How do we help them salvage that for both economic and military security?
Around Min. 25:00 Mattis says block the import of energy I.e. Oil&Gas and the lights in Chine will go out in 30 days. China has a huge strategic reserve of currently 5.4 years of its annual consumption. I do think the US and its ally can very effectively block a big part of China’s Oil&Gas imports. However, it would be a long time before the lights go out in China