Charles Maines
speaker
534 appearances
55 recordings
3 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 5 Sep
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This is the idea that the world is moving away from a U.S.-led global order to one where countries like Russia and China and the global south have more power.
And Russia's clash with the West over Ukraine is never far from view.
There are these elaborate stands promoting military hardware or newly occupied territories of Ukraine that the Kremlin claims are now part of Russia proper.
One session I attended yesterday looked at the long-term threats to Russia, where several panelists, I think you can safely describe as Russian nationalists, argued that, never mind Ukraine, Russia needs to prepare for an existential war with the West.
That includes Alexander Dugin, a political philosopher I had a chance to meet with.
You might consider him something like a Steve Bannon-type figure in the Russian political scene.
Let's listen.
Yeah, you know, it's interesting.
A year ago, there was so much enthusiasm here that Trump would end the war in Russia's terms and deliver Ukraine.
You don't really hear that much anymore.
Yet the Trump administration is present in a way.
I was just watching Rodney Cook, who's overseeing Trump's White House ballroom project and currently heads the U.S.
Commission of Fine Arts, take part in a cultural roundtable where he talked about his deep affinity for Russia.
And he's certainly not the only American to do so.
Among all these official delegations from about 130 countries, you'll also find American far-right influencers.
For example, I just ran into the video blogger Candace Owens.
You'll also see representatives from Europe's far-right, including Germany's AFD party.
All of this suggesting that Russia is making conservative alliances that go far beyond the politics of the current moment.
Thanks, Leila.
Ukraine's air force says Russia launched more than 70 missiles and 600 drones, with several apartment buildings reduced to rubble in the capital Kiev and other cities.
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