This week, we’re joined by Anatoly Karlin to wrap-up the discussion on Russia and the West.
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Notes:
1:03 – Woodrow Wilson, progenitor of the Cathedral
5:46 – Family structure and its influence on political ideology
11:30 – The failure of the League of Nations
15:13 – The post-WWII East-West polarization
19:58 – Competing visions of the nature of Ukraine
29:32 – Euromaidan and the Russian reaction
38:41 – Forecasting the near future of Ukraine
44:04 – Out of Left Field — Impact of the EAEU
Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “Opening Game” by aktarum
https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/1134793/opening-game
Closing Music – “The Gardener” by Mister_Even_Steven
https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/1245965/the-gardener
Anatoly Karlin’s blog
http://www.unz.com/akarlin/
Anatoly discusses Apollo’s Ascent
http://akarlin.com/2015/01/blogging-at-unz-review/
Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations (warning: Cathedral source)
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1914-1920/fourteen-points
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1914-1920/league
Covenant of the League of Nations
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/leagcov.asp
hbdchick’s posts on Emmanuel Todd’s family formation theory
https://hbdchick.wordpress.com/tag/todds-family-systems/
Eurasian Economic Union (officially EAEU in English)
http://www.eaeunion.org/?lang=en
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