Book Talk – Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War
As the Ukraine War heads into its third year, it is clear that the grinding military battle has not resulted in a clear path to victory for either side, despite all efforts — including billions of dollars of weapons and aid — by the West to destroy the Russian presence there and even the Putin leadership back in Moscow. For many in Western capitals, the media, and especially the Washington establishment, this should have been a clearcut case of an invader and violator of sovereignty and democracy denying conquest.
But history has a tendency to complicate things, and as journalist Scott Horton writes in painstaking detail, that this is not just a story of Russian revanchism, but the apotheosis of decades of American policy to diminish and isolate the former Soviet Union for the benefit of its own empire. In Provoked: How Washington started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine (2024), Horton unearths the building blocks of the crisis, beginning with President H.W. Bush and leading right into the twilight of the Biden Administration.
Join the author and Kelley Vlahos, Editorial Director of Responsible Statecraft, for a conversation that delves into the making of a war, and the hubris of empire. It will take place on Tuesday, January 21st from 12:00 – 1:00 PM Eastern Time.
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Wow, subbed : first time he can plainly speak his views and insights – he is on american "diplomacy" (term very ironically used…), what RFK is on froudci – please have him on again
Author of "The Great Rand Paul". 👎
I've heard Scott refer to "The Great Ron Paul", but never The Great Rand Paul.
I have the book and I've been reading it. It's fantastic–so comprehensive. He ties everything together.
It’s important to understand the complex history but it shouldn’t at all diminish the biden admin’s role leading to this disaster, preventing it’s peaceful resolution, and fully owning escalation without end, or an ounce of shame.
Scott is a national treasure!
Bin Laden never didn’t attack America on 9/11. It was Israel. Strange this astute observer of world affairs has missed this.
Scott Horton talking ? I am listening