Jeffrey Sachs

And many of you have probably read it, called The Grand Chessboard. And he could have called it The Game of Risk. It would have been a little bit more accurate. But it was about how to make American dominance in the world. And he has a chapter about expanding NATO to Ukraine. Exactly that. And he talks about Europe and NATO expanding eastward.

And many of you have probably read it, called The Grand Chessboard. And he could have called it The Game of Risk. It would have been a little bit more accurate. But it was about how to make American dominance in the world. And he has a chapter about expanding NATO to Ukraine. Exactly that. And he talks about Europe and NATO expanding eastward.

And many of you have probably read it, called The Grand Chessboard. And he could have called it The Game of Risk. It would have been a little bit more accurate. But it was about how to make American dominance in the world. And he has a chapter about expanding NATO to Ukraine. Exactly that. And he talks about Europe and NATO expanding eastward.

And the question that he asks in 1997 is, what can the Russians do about it? Because they're weak. And he answers meticulously. He considers, would Russia ever ally with China? Impossible, he concludes. That'll never happen. That'll never happen. Could Russia ever ally with Iran? No, impossible. That will never happen. So you watch...

And the question that he asks in 1997 is, what can the Russians do about it? Because they're weak. And he answers meticulously. He considers, would Russia ever ally with China? Impossible, he concludes. That'll never happen. That'll never happen. Could Russia ever ally with Iran? No, impossible. That will never happen. So you watch...

And the question that he asks in 1997 is, what can the Russians do about it? Because they're weak. And he answers meticulously. He considers, would Russia ever ally with China? Impossible, he concludes. That'll never happen. That'll never happen. Could Russia ever ally with Iran? No, impossible. That will never happen. So you watch...

like we watch now chat GPT thinking out loud, it's all there, it's all wrong, and it was all American policy for the next 25 years. That's tragedy.

like we watch now chat GPT thinking out loud, it's all there, it's all wrong, and it was all American policy for the next 25 years. That's tragedy.

like we watch now chat GPT thinking out loud, it's all there, it's all wrong, and it was all American policy for the next 25 years. That's tragedy.

And in A.D. 9, the Roman Empire reached its limits on the Rhine. It tried to conquer the Germanic tribes in 9 AD. They were defeated under Augustus. And there were sporadic border things from then on, but they never tried again. They had hundreds of years where that just wasn't their business. It was very, very smart.

And in A.D. 9, the Roman Empire reached its limits on the Rhine. It tried to conquer the Germanic tribes in 9 AD. They were defeated under Augustus. And there were sporadic border things from then on, but they never tried again. They had hundreds of years where that just wasn't their business. It was very, very smart.

And in A.D. 9, the Roman Empire reached its limits on the Rhine. It tried to conquer the Germanic tribes in 9 AD. They were defeated under Augustus. And there were sporadic border things from then on, but they never tried again. They had hundreds of years where that just wasn't their business. It was very, very smart.

Hadrian in the first, second century AD was the emperor at the maximum extent of the Roman Empire. And he basically wanted stability across the border lines. And this was the prudence of the empire. It wasn't Alexander was very different 400 years earlier. He wanted to conquer the whole world. There was no limit. Finally, his soldiers told him, if you go any further, we're killing you.

Hadrian in the first, second century AD was the emperor at the maximum extent of the Roman Empire. And he basically wanted stability across the border lines. And this was the prudence of the empire. It wasn't Alexander was very different 400 years earlier. He wanted to conquer the whole world. There was no limit. Finally, his soldiers told him, if you go any further, we're killing you.

Hadrian in the first, second century AD was the emperor at the maximum extent of the Roman Empire. And he basically wanted stability across the border lines. And this was the prudence of the empire. It wasn't Alexander was very different 400 years earlier. He wanted to conquer the whole world. There was no limit. Finally, his soldiers told him, if you go any further, we're killing you.

We've got to go home because they were already beyond the Indus River. But the Romans said, no, we're going to put some boundaries. We're going to keep the borders and we're going to not... go beyond our means or our needs. I hope what happened yesterday was a good example of that.

We've got to go home because they were already beyond the Indus River. But the Romans said, no, we're going to put some boundaries. We're going to keep the borders and we're going to not... go beyond our means or our needs. I hope what happened yesterday was a good example of that.

We've got to go home because they were already beyond the Indus River. But the Romans said, no, we're going to put some boundaries. We're going to keep the borders and we're going to not... go beyond our means or our needs. I hope what happened yesterday was a good example of that.

What Trump and Hegseth did yesterday, if they follow through, if the deep state doesn't undermine it, if some crazy thing doesn't happen, said, we don't need to be in Ukraine with NATO. We don't need to be. It's for us. It's nothing. And it doesn't mean that Russia is now going to invade Western Europe. That's crazy. This was a project going the other direction. So it's basic prudence.

What Trump and Hegseth did yesterday, if they follow through, if the deep state doesn't undermine it, if some crazy thing doesn't happen, said, we don't need to be in Ukraine with NATO. We don't need to be. It's for us. It's nothing. And it doesn't mean that Russia is now going to invade Western Europe. That's crazy. This was a project going the other direction. So it's basic prudence.