Dear Friends,
Professor Stephen F. Cohen, America’s leading scholar of Russian history––both the Soviet era and today’s emerging Russia––brings to bear in this 25-minute video, his knowledge and thinking about Vladimir Putin as a leader at home and abroad.
Cohen’s perspectives are very different from the routine demonization of Putin that we encounter so often in our U.S. political-media establishment. His “Rethinking of Putin” may help all of us to think more clearly about U.S.-Russian relations since 2000 and, of course, today.
https://www.thenation.com/article/rethinking-putin-a-talk-by-professor-stephen-f-cohen/
I’m interested, given what has been gleaned by other sources about Putin, how does this analysis fit in for you?
Sharon Tennison
Center for Citizen Initiatives