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Capitalism and Democracy in Today's Russia
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/09/21/Understanding_Russia_Today Author, scholar and commentator Dimitri Trenin discusses issues in democracy and capitalism in today's Russia. ----- Dimitri Trenin discusses "Understanding Russia Today." U.S.-Russia relations are cooling; is a Cold War brewing? What will happen when President Putin lea... Read more

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- -: Capitalism and Democracy in Today's Russia

November 29, 2007 (over 16 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/09/21/Understanding_Russia_Today Author, scholar and commentator Dimitri Trenin discusses issues in democracy and capitalism in today's Russia. ----- Dimitri Trenin discusses "Understanding Russia Today." U.S.-Russia relations are cooling; is a Cold War ...

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- -: Who Killed JFK? - David Talbot

November 19, 2008 (over 15 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/12/David_Talbot_Author_and_Founder_of_Salon Author and Salon.com Founder David Talbot explains his belief that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was orchestrated by high-ranking individuals in the CIA and the Pentagon. ----- Best-selling a...

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- -: Are We Headed for a Soviet-Style Collapse? - Dmitry Orlov

March 3, 2009 (about 15 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/13/Dmitry_Orlov_Social_Collapse_Best_Practices Author Dmitry Orlov explains his notion of "Superpower Collapse Soup," and compares the modern United States to the USSR prior to that country's collapse in the early 1990s. Orlov argues the two nations are ...

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- -: Why Christopher Hitchens Called Himself a Trotskyist

August 11, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/28/Uncommon_Knowledge_Christopher_Hitchens__Robert_Service Author and journalist Christopher Hitchens defends calling himself a Trotskyist. Hitchens says Trotsky "combined in himself the role of man of action and man of ideas," and admires his opposition...

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- -: Reagan and the Nuclear Button - Steven Hayward

October 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/21/Steven_Hayward_The_Age_of_Reagan Author Steven Hayward says that former President Ronald Reagan waited a year and a half into his presidency to learn the full "nuclear football" operating procedure in case of an attack from the Soviet Union. He claims...

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- -: Does Russia Still Have a Cold War Mindset? - Carl Bildt

November 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/20/20_Years_After_the_Fall_of_the_Iron_Curtain Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister of Sweden and current Minister of Foreign Affairs, examines relations between Europe and Russia 20 years after the end of the Cold War. Bildt compares the evolution of Russi...

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- -: Kati Marton Recalls Parents' Arrest in Communist Hungary

March 24, 2010 (about 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/25/Kati_Marton_Enemies_of_the_People Journalist and author Kati Marton reads an excerpt from her latest book, Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America. The passage recounts Marton's childhood memories of the Hungarian secret police arresting...

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- -: Putin's Russia: 'Evil Empire' 2.0?

November 9, 2010 (over 13 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/04/Uncommon_Knowledge_Victor_Davis_Hanson Why have Russian-American relations been on shaky ground over the last few years? According to military historian Victor Davis Hanson, it's all thanks to an "angry" Vladimir Putin. Hanson argues that Russia delib...

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- -: President Reagan: Signing of the INF Treaty with Premier Gorbachev, December 8, 1987

April 1, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

This is a shortened, edited version of the full speech. For more presidential speeches and transcripts, please visit http://www.millercenter.org/americanpresident The University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs is a leading public policy institution that serves as a national meeting...

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