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his views on geopolitics stuck me as naive and laughable while his view on economics makes so much sense，maybe I'm the idiot, or maybe he has immersed in the blob’s world view for his whole life, no way he could get out.

Irresponsible Kaviar leftist elite.

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A Russian educated in western thought so this is how the west thinks about Russia. Which got us into this war.

Very insightful!

Had Medvedev been drinking, as usual?

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So happy I found this. I read "The Return of the Russian Leviathan" and it was marvelous, beautifully written but quite terrifying..

He says Russia has destructive power to blow up pipelines. Who blew up Nordstream again? This fella tells a good story, but he doesn’t provide much evidence. I listened to Putins Munich speech, it seemed quite reasonable, unless your the USA that wants full spectrum global dominance.

Dont bring such western puppet. Bring colonel McGregor for proper evaluation.

His commentary is not objective and does not compare the Nato's encirclement of Russia . The several requests of Putin to settle the matter over negotiations is ignored . The behavior of the west to impose its will over various countries and bomb it or bring in puppet Govts is ignored . How can he claim himself as an academic. The world is observing the Europeans as nothing but as a vessel state of America . When did Russia colonize any country ? Nato has right to encircle Russia with nuclear weapons , as per Medvedev it is a free world and west has every right to do whatever it likes but Russia can not and should not do anything about it . What a rubbish academicians, I think he deserves to be punished by Russian KGB . US does not want Russia as a counter weight and wants to weaken Russia and than break it up and bring NATO control of Russia.

Nein zur Zwangsabgabe!

If Navalny replaced Putin, I guess the west would be even more anti Russian - the obsession with Navalny is based on absolute fantasy.

'If Trump wins it is dictatorship' but if he is shut out of the election, isnt that also dictatorship?

Zelensky is a great comms guy, but his strategic thinking is lacking.

The idea that Ukraine was able to defend itself is not quite accurate. From 2016 NATO troops were on the ground in Ukraine and Trump started sending them weapons which was continued by Biden sending $200 Billion. There have also been US and UK airsupport, surveilance, training and intelligence. So saying Ukraine is defending itself is a bit too simplistic.

Given the title of this rather mixed-bag, insubstantial and, as it proceeds increasingly boring soliloquy, it should sure be 12 months, and not 12 years Krastev talking about. Oh, but don't forget the news: we'll be in even deeper kimchi in 2024 than we already are. Who would have thought. There are, however, a couple of aperçus it would have been interesting to elaborate on - from no-brainer remarks on the stifling of freedom of expression (to the extent of now sending chilly memories of McCarthy up your spine - in case you've one left), social media activity in Brazil on the Israel-Gaza calamity, the Global South issue that many in the West still seem to be in denial of. - No, post-colonialism is not an extravagant academic ivory tower fad (read Said's 'The Question of Palestine'), but, like it or not, one of the driving forces now in world politics, after the post-1989 'unipolar moment' that some academic thought to be the end of history, obviously extrapolating from the perspective of his staid campus idyll. Isolationist trends in a new generation in US politics (should we be hopeful? Not just 1,3m in prison, but 250m presided over by a lunatic running the asylum). Then the sobriety plus hangover setting in with regard to the war of Russia against Ukraine - or rather, as in Putin's eyes, and according to Mearsheimer not totally unjustified so, against NATO. One of the issues strictly banned from public discourse during the first year or so of this war. Perhaps Le Bon was right after all? Funny, or rather sad, that people on all sides still fall for the most obvious propaganda, as long as the barrage of concerted media onslaughts on the public sphere is upheld, or as Tim Franks on the panel of Intelligence Squared said 10 years ago with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: "There are few conflicts that lend themselves to such shouty certainty & loudly dogmatic positions..." Or, as Spengler writes: 'Three weeks of press work, and the truth is acknowledged by everybody.' (Decline of the West, Volume II, p. 461; Atkinson Translation, New York 1928). For the rest, a rather weird hodgepodge of poll-based generalisations, random remarks, and, above all, beating around the bush. Just the right toast perhaps for an audience looking for an evening of 'let-me-in-a-bit-on-the-small-talk-in-the-corridors-of-power-edification' - while not being too bothered with what's really going on behind the closed doors one enters from these corridors - how disappointed they must have been! It's perhaps fair to say, and it should have been said much clearer in this talk: the geopolitical shifts are irreversible, the authoritarian, right-wing and openly fascist trends that besiege liberal democracies are too conspicuous & powerful, and on top, globally, the West has lost too much of its authority when it comes to human rights, democracy, and the liberal idea of allowing for - helas mostly economic - pursuit of happiness, simply because it has never seriously lived up to the lofty standards it has set itself. Add to this that the wealth (that allows for the luxury of democracy (Toynbee) has been accumulated at the expense of the rest of the world, and that this has led to the most severe crisis humanity has ever faced as a global collective. So will democracy survive? Only if - and this is very unlikely given the current state of affairs - Western societies will be able to disprove Boeckenfoerde's dictum, that 'the liberal secularised state lives by prerequisites which it cannot guarantee itself' which means that it is not able to develop within itself the ethical forces needed to keep its liberal foundations intact. But since modern democracies are in fact built on the shaky foundation of industrial economic growth (still keeping slaves, but nowadays outside the walls of national fortresses), a radical shift in policies required to prevent the globe from becoming inhabitable seems impossible. We are now really in very dangerous terrain, and just because it is so difficult from our perspective of a wealthy, comfortable life to imagine what can happen, doesn't mean that it will not. So let's brace for the descent into the most unpredictable & unfathomable 'Moskstraumen' in 2024 and beyond.

Great talk.he is a very wise man

Steve Martin has nothing on him. "Russia's defeat is a faith accomplish." As Martynov would put it "these analysts are uneducated uncultured, and don't understand what Russia is."

How was the electoral board changed ? Please give examples.

Vielen Dank für die vielen guten Überlegungen. Es hat mir sehr viel Spaß gemacht und ich habe auch viel gelernt.

Ich nenne das Totalitarismus. Alles wird per selbstauferlegtem Farming der neuen Klimareligion unterworfen. Spurt jemand nicht, droht ihm die Ausschlusshölle. Wo sind wir eigentlich?! 😂

If you need more resources to switch to "green" this means your switch is fake, cyz you'll pollute more then before & more carbon too, cuz more materials means more extraction works that produce CO2, damage land, soil, water, air. You f liar!!!

Covid has disappeared, simply because it was never a real issue in the first place. Problem, reaction, solution, how stupid we are😂

Her expertise in science comes from a BA in International Development and Middle East Studies, McGill University. His knowledge of the climatic changes comes from a BA in Journalism in Sofia University.

What is more valuable for humans...10€ gasoline or 10€ pokemon cards? The rational of our monetary System brought us here. Do not expect a solution within.

bs ignores the wreck putin inherited the cia wreckers. mearshiemer trufull analysis .

Good luck 😁

Yes, this is a world war for Putin. This is what he and his cohort want. This is also a clash of civilizations.

This lady is fantastic! I'm from Brazil and her two lines about Bolsonaro were precise.

Only those people may agree with S. Medvedev who do not know real history Russia and Russian mentality. Many incompetent historians are in Russia like Medvedev they give the wrong information to western world. His presentation is very strange.

Bizarre to me the way in which he dismisses the wishes of the Russian populous, with a throw away comment that they don’t matter. The arrogance.

He knows more about Russia than I do but the question isn’t really would this have happened without Putin and rather is would it have happened if we had been honest about NATO expansion it’s an unacceptable sin of omission

Bin bei Minute 27 - bist du deppat is das gruselig :O. Danke fürs uploaden!

What about the Nato provocation of the war?

In 2008 in Bucharest NATO declared Ukraine and Georgia would join, even over the objections of Germany (Merkel) and France (Sarkozy). Ever since then Putin and Lavrov have repeatedly warned the west that this was a Russian red line, they would not permit it. Even William Burns, the then US ambassador to Russia, warned Condoleezza Rice that all elites in Russia saw this as an unacceptable threat (in his "Nyet Means Nyet" memo). Why were experts like Medvedev surprised when it happened? They should not have been. He is just a Russophobe and it stains much of his talk.

but the American aggressions in Vietnam, Afganistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria.........and all the other more than 60 aggressions done since 1945, these are OK? Joseph.........be honest

Es war eine wunderbarer Ball!

36:39 - he talks of Moscow being moved to Kazan. I would agree - in fact I would specify that the kremlin takes up its new residence in 'Syty Papa' restaurant on Bauman street.

Please see video description for the links to the economic forecasts that are being mentioned in the talk. Thank you!

ADDITIONAL RESPONSES BY SERGEI MEDVEDEV TO CHAT QUESTIONS THAT COULD NOT BE ANSWERED DURING THE LIVE EVENT: ▪Elisabeth Sorantin: How can Russia be defeated without all out war? ▪SERGEI MEDVEDEV: Russia can be defeated in a conventional war, like it was defeated in Afghanistan, Chechnya etc, or like the US was defeated in Vietnam. The use of nuclear weapons is not automatic and carries unbearable risk for Russia itself. ▪Carola Schneider: Dear Sergej, why do you think, that the 3rd scenario (reconstitution of Russia) is the most likely? To me, it seems to be the most unlikely. Or did I get you wrong? ▪SERGEI MEDVEDEV: Correct, Scenario 3 is the least likely - but the most desirable. ▪Isabelle de Pommereau (Independent Journalist, Germany): I am interested in the importance of Russian speaking communities in other countries - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania - do you think they are changing, that there is rising awareness of the nature of the Putin regime. and if not, how dangerous is that for the stability of Europe? Thanks! ▪SERGEI MEDVEDEV: Russian-speakers in Europe, especially in the Baltics, are a real threat. By my assessment, they are predominantly Putinist (especially the older generation) and exposed to the Russian propaganda. Yes, it is dangerous for the internal stability of the EU countries, as shown by recent clashes in Berlin on 9 May. ▪Clemens Zavarsky (Kronenzeitung): I have a question on 3rd Scenario as well: How much time will be needed to complete it. Because I see a huge potential on revanchism there, if done to quickly. ▪SERGEI MEDVEDEV: Scenario 3 may take the entire 21 century to realize. ▪Margarita Khartanovich (Tampere University): Regarding the positive post-war scenario, what do you see as enablers of it? Will current Russian opposition play any role in it (Navalny, Yashin, True Russia forum, etc)? What about those that immigrated? Can it be influenced by the West? Or where will the change for all things de- come from? ▪SERGEI MEDVEDEV: The main enablers of Scenario 3 are the Ukrainian Army - who will hopefully defeat the Russians - and the West who should continue supporting Ukraine. As much as I respect the Russian opposition, especially those who are now in jail, I do not believe they will play a role in the future remaking of Russia. The émigré opposition will play a very limited role as well. Change should come from with the country. ▪Stefan Schocher (freelance journalist): You have mentioned Russia should de-imperialize. Ukraine is in a process of decommunisation and derussification. New laws are in place that imply the renaming of places named after Russian personalities. What is your take on that process? Is is a possible model for Russia? ▪SERGEI MEDVEDEV: Ukraine is de-communizing and de-Russifying itself, and this is the right way to go for it. Russia should be de-colonized internally -- the country, first of all its territories, should liberate itself from the colonial imperial state. As I mentioned in the talk, one possible avenue is the de-Muscovization of Russia. ▪Stefan Schocher: Another one. You mentioned the braking point in relations to the west was the Munich speech 2007. What caused this break? One could argue the imperial idea has always been there and the speech was nothing more then a visible sign of a change of methods rather then a real shift in aims. ▪SERGEI MEDVEDEV: The Munich speech was not a break, but the first visible declaration of it. The break occurred around 2004, and was Putin’s hysterical reaction to Beslan, to the first Maidan and to the Color Revolutions. His judgement, like that of Nicholas I in 1830s-1840s, was that the West threatens Russia with revolutionary ferment ▪Pedro Sousa Pereira (Portuguese News Agency): In a framework where dozens of international armies lost a 20-year war in Afghanistan overnight two years ago and if we are facing the Third World War, how is NATO and specifically the European Union facing Putin? As a regional danger or as a world threat? ▪SERGEI MEDVEDEV: Putin is definitely not a regional threat but a global danger, and NATO and the EU are not yet completely aware of that, in my opinion. ▪Pedro Sousa Pereira (Portuguese News Agency): You said that Russia was militarily defeated in other places - but then you also said that the Ukraine is of special importance to Russia. So will Russia likely accept military defeat in the Ukraine? ▪SERGEI MEDVEDEV: Russia will have to accept a military defeat in Ukraine - it is already a fait accompli, and it takes time for Russia to take it in. ▪Simone Brunner (DIE ZEIT): As you talked about appeasement and that many Westerners still do not perceive the situation with the war properly. How do you assess this discussion in Austria? ▪SERGEI MEDVEDEV: Austria, like the entire West, is still not fully aware of Putin’s threat, pacified by years of beneficial cooperation with Putin’s regime (and, sadly, corruption by it). Sitting between East and West may be a good position in the times of détente, but it carries a double threat in the times of war.

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What’s this guy on about. No wonder the world is messed up. Not a clue

The presenter must be on the US government payroll. It’s amazing how someone so supposedly educated can believe the things he is saying. His analysis of Russia is straight from the US propaganda machine. His facts are way off also , for instance he said that minorities are the ones fighting the US wars, when in reality it is white Americans who serve & die more than their makeup of the population.

This Nobel prize winner has a 4th grade understanding of geopolitics.

What we need is a small group of informed, caring individuals who are at the hearts of the governments and industries that are essential to green energy. A Central Planning Commitee, if you will. They can decide just what is the best solution for the remaining 7 billion of us. Only they can make everyone go slow enough to ensure the energy transition happens in time.

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Very important discussion! Thank you!

Bulgarian fascist!