I have the utmost respect for Dr. Hill, thank you both for doing this interview!
@alexv850
Жыл бұрын
Great interview. The best in depth analysis on thy net. Agree 100 % with Dr. Hill. Never bow to sick dictators. Slava Ukraine from Hungary. Glory to the heroes of Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
@divumque
Жыл бұрын
The USA occupying Europe? Those who believe this absurdity need to see how happy are countries like Poland, the Baltic countries, Romania etc welcoming American forces and American military sites in those countries. American and NATO forces in general represent the security of these countries and a barrier against Russian aggression.
@teutonalex
Жыл бұрын
America just attacked an allied country (Germany), destroyed its economically vital energy infrastructure and caused a massive ecological disaster in the Baltic sea. The America that built the post 1945 world order no longer exists.
@paolodandrea4299
Жыл бұрын
It's a fact tho that the USA is occupying Europe, or at least part of it. I was born and raised in Italy and I can tell you that Italian sovereignty is limited based on USA interest, so I have a really hard time to see Russia as my enemy since they never did nothing harmful to Italy
@ennediend2865
Жыл бұрын
@@paolodandrea4299 You should check the definition of "occupation"... You should try Russian occupation You would know the difference . Washington didn't chose G. Meloni as PM : Italian people elected her...
@paolodandrea4299
Жыл бұрын
@@ennediend2865 this might sock you but there isn't any Russian military bases in Italy but there is plenty of US military bases. When it comes to Meloni sure she was elected by Italians but right before the elections that everybody new she was going to win the co-founder of her party Grosetto flew to Washington to assure US that nothing was going to change. If you are aware of Meloni political history you would know that her foreign policy is completely different of her views before becoming PM
@eh1702
Жыл бұрын
“ It's a fact tho that the USA is occupying Europe” What utter crap! Almost everybody in Europe has never personally seen an American military uniform or vehicle. Utter stupid ignorant bilge.
@toby9999
Жыл бұрын
Russia attacks it's neighbours, russifies them, takes away their independence, persecutes its citizens, commits genocide and then wonders why said neigbours don't want a repeat.
@andremacko5408
Жыл бұрын
Completely agree. Although I'm sure Dr. Hill understands that point, she seems to avoid directly stating that and goes off onto tangents and into nuances about Western diplomatic misplays in dealing with Russia. Poppycock! The interview hit it on the nose at the start of the interview when he said Putin based his expansionist play on MYTHOLOGICAL history. Also the academic failure of Western academicians to clearly state the difference between Rus'-Ukraine and Moscovia-Russia (Rosiya) plays into the Kremlins hand in falsely blending the history of two different territories and definitely time lines.
@captain34ca
Жыл бұрын
America showed them how.
@krakhedd
Жыл бұрын
@@captain34ca America didn't even exist before the Russian Empire, bub. Try again!
@pouncepounce7417
Жыл бұрын
@@captain34ca Yeah all the area the US conquered from canada....
@BearAnkles
Жыл бұрын
@@captain34ca clown comment
@bungalowjuice7225
Жыл бұрын
Dr. Fiona Hill! What a pleasant person! Glad she is on our side.
@lawrenceralph7481
Жыл бұрын
Big mouths causing trouble is damaging, no matter what side.
@tigertiger1699
Жыл бұрын
We in the west are incredibly lucky and well served..
@alanbrookes6637
Жыл бұрын
Fiona is exceptional, intelligent & sincere.
@tigertiger1699
Жыл бұрын
@@alanbrookes6637 Sure is… though I not sure that I like “sincere” …. People can cut off your head will bro g sincerely sorry about it.. How about she’s is straight, open and honest..
@lawrenceralph7481
Жыл бұрын
@@alanbrookes6637A liberal intent on evangelizing democracy, even when it may not be in a location or at a time in US interests. This war was avoidable. She missed the signs and misjudged the actions. Neville Chamberlain was articulate, wise and sincere. Louis XVI was forgiving, educated, generous and weak. Czar Nicholas was reserved and dumb. All were the wrong men at the wrong place at the wrong time. They took the wrong action. Fiona is that girl.
@ned900
Жыл бұрын
Gold Standard Guest
@resrussia
Жыл бұрын
Yes, a sequel! Dr. Hill is one of the best observers of Russia.
@resrussia
Жыл бұрын
Also, your series is excellent. I enjoy listening to the commentary from your experts. This is KZitem at its best.
@tonyv5202
Жыл бұрын
@@resrussia 🤡
@resrussia
Жыл бұрын
@@Knucklehead4400 Thank you for your comment. However, you didn't explain why you think Mearscheimer's analysis is better than Hill's.
@brycecousens8859
Жыл бұрын
Yet another amazing guest and discussion. Great stuff.
@trevorhutchings4941
Жыл бұрын
I so enjoyed this interview with Fiona Hill, extremely enlightening. Thank you
@jezalb2710
Жыл бұрын
It is great
@ronaldbarrett3112
Жыл бұрын
Fiona Hill is a bright, intelligent spot in the media-news world. Thanks to Fiona Hill we learn lots about our world.
@francescamelandri3895
Жыл бұрын
Dr Hill's clarity and expertise are a guiding light , great to see her on your wonderful channel
@TKMcClone
Жыл бұрын
I've listened to maybe a dozen Fiona Hill interviews in the past 12 months and I always get something new. Thanks so much for another great discussion.
@andrewackerley9985
Жыл бұрын
We're very proud of Fiona Hill here in the UK. A very clever & knowledgeable lady who left England for good reason & much bigger opportunities in the US. Girl Done Good! I'm equally glad she may be returning to Britain in some small way, with her connection to Durham University. Great stuff. Putin is toast. Sláva Ukraini!
@grzzz2287
Жыл бұрын
Excellent podcast, Fiona is one of the best Russia experts out there and is always worth a watch. Keep em coming!
@michaelmullins3396
Жыл бұрын
The late Professor Stephen Cohen could have thought Hill a few things about Russia, hill is a Propaganda tool of Washington.
@robertbrennan2268
Жыл бұрын
Extremely illuminating insights from Dr Fiona Hill in conversation with Jonathan. Quite brilliant. Many thanks.
@danalden1112
Жыл бұрын
Much respect for Dr. Hill
@michaelogden5958
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Dr. Hill and Mr. Fink for this presentation.
@NightOwlinNewOrleans
Жыл бұрын
Dr Hill is one of my go tos for insight and analysis. Always thoughtful clear.
@daniellepilon7433
Жыл бұрын
Sequel please!!! Can’t get enough of these two.
@jameswilson1363
Жыл бұрын
Ms. Hill, its a pleasure too enjoy your dissertations, out with cameras and stern faces.
@davidmiles-hanschell
Жыл бұрын
Thank You so much Jonathan for posting this interview with Dr.Fiona Hill whose lucid analysis of a predicament that has enmeshed all whether we like it or not, it is like a tiny beacon from afar, shining into my consciousness, from a very dark place. I look forward to the next time you speak with her and those of her calibre and integrity.
@ulrikschackmeyer848
Жыл бұрын
Beautifully put. I second that.
@Leo-Orbis
Жыл бұрын
Intelligent, insightful pragmatism! A sequel would be wonderful.
@jezalb2710
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Fiona is fantastic.
@aarav2179
Жыл бұрын
Great respect for Dr. Hill.
@dsjwhite
Жыл бұрын
Amazing, thank you. A wonderful conversation
@enidsnarb
Жыл бұрын
Not only is her viewpoint one of the most astute and accurate on Putin but her northern accent is perhaps my favorite in the English language !
@jessehachey2732
7 ай бұрын
I know right! I’ve got a huge intellectual crush on her! 😍
@roseblue3368
Жыл бұрын
Great interview and debate you understand each other so well its precious!!! More please🙏
@Forest_Knight
Жыл бұрын
Fiona is great as always. On Putin as a "history man": he showed this streak just a few years into his presidency, when he had the grave of Anton Denikin, a Russia imperial general, moved back to Russia. He made a point it was funded by his own money.
@EeeEee-bm5gx
Жыл бұрын
As much as there are amazing guests, the host has an amazing voice and a way of speaking. My ears are smitten 🥰
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
😝 I actually can’t hear my voice back on recordings - I hate the sound of it!
@jmolofsson
Жыл бұрын
@@SiliconCurtain That's human! A trait shared by many.
@orctowngrot8842
Жыл бұрын
What a BEAUTIFUL discussion guys. Lovely nuance, deft examination of structure, the corrupting framing of policy based on limit personal perceptions. Prompt and illuminating examination of structures of both society and THOUGHT itself over decades. You point us all to the vital truism that ALL OF US, and especially public figures must be cautious of our private frame of understanding, and we all must be willing to change and grow. Thanks, both of you. Good health to both of you and may the glorious non event of peace settle on all of us.
@ulrikschackmeyer848
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful. I could not have put it better myself. Peace upon you, Brother.
@kythian
Жыл бұрын
What an astute person. I have been much impressed by Dr. Hill in the past, and she continues to do so. Thank you for you service, Dr. Hill.
@Ms_Ve
Жыл бұрын
Fiona Hill is a planetary treasure.
@dnpenn
Жыл бұрын
I want to add my gratitude to that of others for your bringing Dr. Hill into your vlog. Its was so enlightening and engaging.
@Bradonomous
Жыл бұрын
I am forever impressed by Fiona Hill - she is a really practical thinker with simple, useful, well-evidenced insights.
@eh1702
Жыл бұрын
And yet Dr Hill would have got nowhere if she had carried on in the UK. She would probably be a temporary lecturer in some middling university somewhere. She knew that her potential in the US would be determined by her abilities, whereas in the UK she was a lower class provincial female with a “thick accent”, a perpetual outsider. US government & diplomatic, and even academic structures, were open to her in a way that British ones would never be.
@anonymusum
Жыл бұрын
That was a very interesting and informative interview. Thank you!
@ulrikschackmeyer848
Жыл бұрын
Dear Jonathan. Thank you VERY much, for making new questions that go a layer deeper. I mean listening to Dr Hill is ALWAYS fascinating, even when it is 'the same old questions', but this time was even more brilliant! And thanks a lot for your long format contributions. You really contribute with a lot of insight. Two points beyond that. One nitty little presentation detail. When you read aloud, or check a question or argument, you lower your eyes JUST enough to break you otherwise quite acceptable line of sight with the interviewer. To me it breaks the feeling of your otherwise inspiring presence! I'm not a tech nerd, so I can't tell you HOW to fix it, but an improvement would make it a lot easier for me to focus on your brilliant content. Secondly, like many other, I hope for, and would like to hear about WHAT could 'a relatively as happy as possible end' be? Or a reasonable road there? I mean if we assume the the West cannot, or will not risk, bringing a STUNDE NULL (the complete Nazi breakdown realised by all Germans) to the Russians/Putin, how COULD one persuade the Russians or their leadership (be it Putin or not) to get out of their traumatic, 'old-fashioned' (for want of a better term) look on the West or indeed the World and into the growth and prosperity of a NON-zero-sum-future? I allow myself to believe in a brighter future for a non-imperial Russia. Because, as a Dane, we've experienced being a superpower (of our known world) through several periods in history: the Vikings, the North Sea Mare Nostrum of King Canute the Great, the Baltic Mare Nostrum of King Valdemar the Victorious, the Danish lead Kalmar Union (Europe's largest country pre-Columbus), the world third largest fleet at times in 16-1700's. Never the less we've (almost voluntarily) given up on world dominance. And today Denmark (along with our Scandinavian 'partners') is regulally scored among the most prosperous nations on Earth. And hailed as democratic paragons! In English textbooks of 'development of national economy' there is a phrase in the how-to chapters called 'Getting to Denmark' . In French textbooks it's called ' La methode Suedoise'. And we are regularly scored as the happiest! So it IS possible to be rich and happy, post-imperial-dreams. Just saying. Sorry about the rant, not completely without national pride, but I felt that it HAD to be solid, convincing AND proud to be appealing to Russians. As I understand it, is that not what Russia wants for herself?
@AaronRandolphChen
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. I have the deepest respect and admiration for Fiona Hill.
@tepsurka
Жыл бұрын
So glad to have discovered Dr Hill for myself. She dispersed my doubts whether the West was competent to read Russia and to counter-react on its vicious moves in East Europe. She is gorgeous.
@simoncrooks7441
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, it was good to hear this discussion
@emilykrahn3185
Жыл бұрын
Excellent. Thank you.
@sarcasmo57
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting conversation.
@bobbymurphy4384
Жыл бұрын
Great Podcast as always. Fiona is a great guest 💗
@deeglloyd
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic interview. Dr. Hill is a national treasure. "Putin provoked himself" what a quote. I hope there is a sequel!
@Paulus8765
Жыл бұрын
Which nation?
@deeglloyd
Жыл бұрын
@@Paulus8765 I'm claiming her for the USA, of course!
@Paulus8765
Жыл бұрын
@@deeglloyd Unfair - I claim her for Northumbria.
@bellbookcandle3051
Жыл бұрын
@@Paulus8765 Well, you _did_ have her first. 😏👍
@eh1702
Жыл бұрын
It’s significant that Dr Hill said that as a female, a working class female and a working class female with a northern accent - she knew that she could never have the career she wanted, (specialising in Russia) in a UK context. She knew she would all the time be defined by Britain’s toxic nexus of public-schoolboy sexism and classism. This is why she said she leaped at the chance of American postgrad work, career and citizenship.
@darius1988
Жыл бұрын
Amazing guest and host! Thanks for insights! Greetings from Lithuania
@kevinwillis6707
Жыл бұрын
He definitely miscalculated NATO response, now his ego has him trapped in a costly war that eventually will have Russia conceding defeat. Dr Hill sums him up accurately.
@PowhiroMus
Жыл бұрын
Please do a sequel, Fiona is one smart, articulate woman with huge insight, experience and appreciation,! An obviously talented analyst who always manages to distil complex issues down to easy, simple explanation. You only touched on it at the end but I've always viewed Putin the Putrid as a cunning but unsophisticated ruthless conservative thug. To me he seem threatened by the emerging Russian contemporary view of life and wants to return, for safety, to the conservative, "old" world that he knows and feels comfortable with. He likes being an autocratic leader for life, a dictator or tsar. He feels threatened by modern culture, modern democracy, independent thought. He cannot stand Ukraine being an independent country free of subservience to Moscow and worries that the Ukrainian independence example threatens his rule of Russia, essentially the existential threat to Russia that democracy and freedom of thought means. Please invite Fiona to discuss this aspect.
@stellascott4584
Жыл бұрын
I think you are both missing the point about Zelenskiy saying Putin is ”nobody”. Actually, I had to go back to the interview and listen again when I started seeing people saying referring to Zelenskiy saying that Putin is a nobody. That's not what I heard and that's not what he said. Furthermore, I don't think that was due to his lack of command of the English language. To be clear: Zelenskiy did not say Putin is ”a” nobody. He switched over to English because he wanted to make it very clear that there would be no one there on the other side of the table for the purpose of a diplomatic conversation and making binding agreements. The chair would be empty, even though a body would be sitting in it. Hence it’s not interesting to even go there. Of course, Putin is somebody, but the problem for Zelenskiy, in an attempt for diplomatic and constructive negotiations, Putin cannot be trusted in these matters in any way whatsoever. He will always break any agreement, which has been proven time and time again throughout the history of his ever-increasing dictatorial rule.
@davidmiles-hanschell
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely right; he is definitely the 21st Some body; Vladimir Putin will some how, must be persuaded to bring WWW3 to an end; granted immunity from war crimes and allowed to live out his days somewhere; the prospect beckons, that if not the game, is over for us all
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
This is get, and it’s worth addressing in a future interview. The point I was trying to provoke, was that Yeltsin magicked this sinister character into power practically from nowhere. He was a real nobody, and there were thousands of ex KGB thugs who could have just as easily been picked to be the Putin type figure to fulfil the plans of the KGB and Yeltsin
@ulrikschackmeyer848
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so very much for that input. In times of conflict it is of cause impossible to avoid the simple ridiculing of the opponent. But I am strangely uplifted by reading your comment, that Zelinsky, of all psychologically and morally entitled people, nevertheless keeps himself to a higher and more meaningful standard! You, Dear Lady, are one of the persons making the 'The Comment Fields of KZitem' a 'noteworthwhile' place to visit! One of the 'participating citizens' the original creators of KZitem must have dreamed of.
@franksemi_modular
Жыл бұрын
@Silicon Curtain You really have a nose for picking the most insightfull people👍Anders Puck Nilsen, Vlad Vexler, Carl Miller, Operator Starsky and many more.. and now Fiona Hill.. It's a pleasure to watch in this format 👍👍
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I watch a lot of my speakers’ materials to ensure they have interesting views (and no Vatnik tendencies)
@jed4119
Жыл бұрын
What a coup! The great Fiona Hill so knowledgeable and interesting. Please do speak to her again if you can.
@jezalb2710
Жыл бұрын
She has been a guest on many other channels. Bbc4 too
@SteveMenardDesignDXM
Жыл бұрын
During the 1960s and 1970s, the French-speaking majority of Quebec finally came of age and took its rightful place as an independent 'nation' within Canada. I was born in this Quebec, as part of the 10% English-speaking minority. Over a span of a decade, we saw many of our linguistic rights diminished, leading to the limiting of our ability to maintain our size and influence through the education system. Though there were some tense periods with scattered acts of violent protest and political kidnappings, the 'two solitudes' have come to a mutual understanding, and now our issues are being handled exclusively within the political sphere. I'm pointing this out in order to draw a certain parallel between the English-speaking minority in Quebec and the Russian-speaking areas of Ukraine. Any and all disagreements with regard to language and culture are always best solved through discussion, mutual respect, and an exchange of creative ideas that lead to solutions. Back in 1977, we didn't want the UK or the US to come in and take over our territory in order to preserve our culture, language and way of life. We settled things internally. That's what I would have expected in Ukraine. What has happened since that fateful day of Feb 24, 2022, is beyond unfortunate, and the violence is senseless.
@peterwebb8732
Жыл бұрын
The point you make, is that there was a reasonable alternative, which means that Putin's war was not a "last resort" and is thereby unjustified.
@badhombre4942
Жыл бұрын
@@peterwebb8732 Another brain dead moron spews western lies. Google the Minsk agreements and check how Merkel, Orland and the former President of Ukraine boasted that their support for these agreements was just a lie to build Ukraine's military to fight Russia.
@Muddy283
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Fiona Hill none other!! Who will be next on your illustrious list of interviewees?? How do you get all these heavyweights??? This is an *absolute* must watch. Getting out the popcorn right now.
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
Got another big one at the end of the month 😜
@aaronwalsh8469
Жыл бұрын
@@SiliconCurtain found your channel few weeks ago. Great insights into Russia and the Ukraine war. Keep up the good work. There’s a good channel with Jake broe , he does almost daily videos about the Ukraine war . He has a lot of viewers . Maybe get contact with him and do an interview. Grow your channel.
@tobiwan001
Жыл бұрын
The Russian economy depended on Europe. Not the other way round. As can be seen in the data. 85% of Russian exports went to Europe. Putin just thought Europe would not care about the annexation of Ukraine. And that it would be easy.
@marisabenson1222
Жыл бұрын
Dr. Hill 100%
@tezzaNZ
Жыл бұрын
Great interview as always Jonathan. Insights from people who know what they are talking about!
@earlrobinson4525
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant! I hope this gets widely shared ! It’s time for the United States of Europe.
@ronaldkincaid4404
Жыл бұрын
Until the FSB is dug out of the Russian body politic there is no real hope for meaningful rapprochement with the RF.
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@timtrewyn453
Жыл бұрын
You have hit the nail on the head.
@MorningtonCrescent
Жыл бұрын
She's a local (though admittedly obscure) celebrity for me (Co. Durham), with a modest yet well-earned profile. Great interview Fiona!
@ashscott6068
Жыл бұрын
Yep. If you don't want your neighbors joining a defensive alliance, STOP INVADING YOUR NEIGHBORS.
@topsyturvy1982
Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed your conversation and insights.
@markbrown2749
Жыл бұрын
An insightful and compelling conversation. As good as it gets!
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
👍
@johnvannisselroy6197
Жыл бұрын
Wow, what a terrific and informative interview. Thank-you.
@madlenexner7524
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much to both of you for the incredible analysis! I enjoyed it very much!
@ennediend2865
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely 👍👍👍 Only Russia is the threat! But a dictator will always need a reason...
@wisertomorrowpodcast
Жыл бұрын
I've been hoping for this one! Absolutely amazing, what a wonderful conversation!
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@stevejhkhfda
Жыл бұрын
Fiona is great. Wow your channel is full of great interviews...subbed!
@stevejhkhfda
Жыл бұрын
...see if you can also get Julia Ioffe...;)
@Nhurm
Жыл бұрын
This was brilliant. Thank you.
@pedroforonda
Жыл бұрын
Listening to Fiona is fascinating, thanks for publishing this. At times she goes on stream of consciousness and it is even more fascinating. "I feel just the weight of this terrible tragedy" 36:45
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
👍
@H3LLS3NT4SS4SS1N
Жыл бұрын
You really do have the most amazing guests (and you’re no slouch yourself!), and I love your long form interview style + how you just let your guests actually SPEAK (you getting this all down, CNN?) and of course your witty and cultured remarks!
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
So kind! Thank you. I let the experts speak, because it would be less credible if I talked too much 😅
@H3LLS3NT4SS4SS1N
Жыл бұрын
@@SiliconCurtain don’t sell yourself short, your knowledge may be more general than a field-specific expert, but it is clearly very deep and wide! You’re one of the best (and most underrated) hosts on KZitem, regardless of the genre. In time I expect your following will blow up (as is much deserved), especially if you do some well timed crossovers with other popular KZitemrs (the one with operator star sky was a great start), so keep it up! Sorry for the run-on sentences and all the commas and exclamation marks, I’m just so happy and ecstatic over your response and the thought of what this channel has to offer and will in time become. Keep it up brother! You’re fighting the good fight, unlike Putin and his armies of ZZZombies.
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
Your comment is very much appreciated, and helps give me the energy to keep at it!
@billsgarage1964
Жыл бұрын
Sure glad I found the channel very informative and always enjoy and have so much respect for Fiona Hill .
@junahn1907
Жыл бұрын
Putin is a nineteenth century mind, losing a 20th century war, against a 21st century world.
@kyleodland6249
Жыл бұрын
Great quote!
@vthompson947
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful writer and analyst. Durham University is very lucky.
@superstrada6847
Жыл бұрын
One can listen to Fiona Hill forever. She is the epitome of a free human being.
@brianfreeman8290
Жыл бұрын
Just getting a guest of this stature on your channel has earned you a new Subscriber !
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
👍
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
Stay tuned two more really well known guests in the coming weeks…
@richardkey1678
Жыл бұрын
Excellent , even though your interviews are usually an hour long, they are too short, thank you.
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
We were pushed for time - but this means hopefully there will be a part 2 🤞
@dennisgarber
Жыл бұрын
I listened at 2.5 speed, and it was a short interview. I listened to Fiona's Mr. Putin, from the the library, at 1.55 speed. It still was a long book. But it had a few essential points that I am glad I got to hear. I thought it was written by one economist, but I missed her name on the title.
@TalentedDilittante
Жыл бұрын
heartening to know that adults are observing event.
@davidhernandez4318
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, I really learned a lot, the interviewer was excellent. I've subscribed!
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
👍
@philjameson292
Жыл бұрын
Well done Jonathan, a great coup to get Fiona as a guest. In addition your interviewing skills are more than up to the job for such a distinguished guest
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! It was thrilling to interview her!
@lmao-xw3yj
Жыл бұрын
Excellent guest
@RobBCactive
Жыл бұрын
Great job by Jonathan to research the guest interviews and look for new angles rather than carbon copy rehashes of interesting answers. A highlight was on the regression to "the political sophistication of a Viking fiefdom", it seemed to amuse Fiona. Fiona's appraisal of the complexity of causes and the mutual incomprehension that has lead to the tragedy was in-depth challenging but clear. The discomfort of hearing such appraisals without the comfort of obvious remedies is significant. Choosing the lesser of evils is always hard.
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
Glad you said this - I keep all the questions I’ve every asked, and try to vary the angles in each interview. This also means the channel will have to diversify to cover China, turkey, Africa, Middle East and India soon…
@thomasnuyts9725
Жыл бұрын
Glad Jonathan wants to diversify towards India. Looking very much forward to seeing that. Great insights gained today. Thank you Mrs Hill.
@stellascott4584
Жыл бұрын
@@SiliconCurtain, I love that as a future perspective. The World! And perhaps that might bring you to the BRILLIANT Maria Ressa? I have been thinking of suggesting her for a while, as a person with profound perspectives on democracy and dictatorship.
@dlmsarge8329
Жыл бұрын
@@SiliconCurtain I know many of your viewers , myself included, would really value you covering those areas as well! Your guests are always interesting and your questions always insightful. We appreciate your style of conversation that highlights such a variety of perspectives and backgrounds. You've got me hooked!!
@RobBCactive
Жыл бұрын
@@SiliconCurtainthe effort you put in is what kept me coming back, after the first interview I saw. It took a while but the subs have grown significantly now, you have a valuable archive 😁
@annakatariina1276
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for talking about Finland, also so important. And of course talking about our brothers and sisters in Ukraine
@judithbradford9130
Жыл бұрын
Fiona Hill makes this middle aged woman fangirl like a teenage Beatlemaniac :) She's AWESOME!
@geraldjones8010
Жыл бұрын
She'd make a fantastic president,so smart
@tomd5678
Жыл бұрын
That's what happens when you allow bullies to gradually increase their aggression. Hill is an inspiration. An example of courage and integrity
@concernedrabbit9075
Жыл бұрын
Think of the advice we give children if they are bullied at school. " tell someone you trust " then when they do nothing happens to the bully especially if teachers don't see it happening. From our simplest social institutions we have little success stopping bullies. The victims are just supposed to youghen up. Sociopaths always know what buttons to push because they study people for vulnerabilities. Intellectuals never understand Sociopaths and think they can persuade with clever arguments. The sociopath never intends to stop trying to meet their own needs and thinks it's funny watching the intellectual seeking a logical solution.
@DJWESG1
Жыл бұрын
Not many ppl are prepared to call out schools, hidden curiculums , socialisation and tory/conservstive ideology as being the main problem the world faces. When they spent their whole lives telling people the opposite.
@sumiland6445
Жыл бұрын
I listened to this last night. It is so relevant to what is still happening today and I always learn more re-listening. Thanks for all your hard work doing these interviews 🙂👍 PS what do you think about President Xi visiting Moscow to meet with Putin?
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
I’m not sure about Xi - I think he wants the war to be over, but doubt he has that much influence over Putin…
@tcarb11
Жыл бұрын
Excellent interview. Thank you!
@georgeflaxman
Жыл бұрын
Yes please Jonathan, Fiona Hill 2.
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
👍👍👍
@donhansen1175
Жыл бұрын
The west should have stood up immediately when Russia was starting this. It is the same with China. We have, in each case, failed to sew that stitch that would have kept the sweater (the peace) from coming unraveled. Dictators must know for certain that if they misbehave they will take an immediate serious consequence and zero benefit. Don Hansen
@nerdyali4154
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately not an option for a democratic leader. If the West is being blamed even by many of it's own citizens for the war now, can you imagine how much more strident that blame would be if earlier action were taken?
@donsheehan5144
Жыл бұрын
great conversation, thanks Dr Hill
@carolwilliams8511
Жыл бұрын
Another great interview.
@penttijuvo1147
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting and informative🇫🇮 Thank you very much
@geniexmay562
Жыл бұрын
Really happy to see that Fiona is no longer concerned about Putins offramp like she was at the beginning of all this. I really thought she was a useful fool intellectual at that point.
@jmolofsson
Жыл бұрын
It's always hard to know how much depends on the questions raised by journalists and others. We can guess that she at that time, a year ago, said just the same as virtually everyone in her circles of academics and analysts at the Brookings Institution, Georgetown University, and so on. They seemed a little dizzy, and had probably expected the Europeans to handle Ukraine and Russia on their own. Now they've had a whole year to concentrate on this crisis and on Russia.
@ash12181987
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I keep encountering people online who are just convinced by spheres of influence being how things are. If you tell them that it's robbing agency from people and it's somewhat magical thinking, they do not respond well.
@jdunn501
Жыл бұрын
A very interesting conversation and I subscribed to your channel after listening to this interview. The degree to which Putin has personally profited through the consolidation of his power cannot be ignored either. While Putin plays on the Russian people’s sense of pride and talks about Russian primacy and traditional spheres of influence, another factor that cannot be ignored is just how much personal wealth Putin and close oligarchs stand to gain by seizing Ukrainian land and resources (especially the oil). Putin doesn’t do what he does for the sake of the Russian people or even the Russian State, he is doing it to line his own pockets and to retain power.
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
👍
@PalleRasmussen
Жыл бұрын
He was never an operator. He was a bureaucrat; a penpusher behind a desk.
@SiliconCurtain
Жыл бұрын
He was pretty menial, I’m sure, doing nasty basic work of trying to subvert and threaten students… an unpleasant job done by a nasty little, inadequate, man.
@PalleRasmussen
Жыл бұрын
@@SiliconCurtain exactly. Always was, always will be.
@markthompson180
Жыл бұрын
Fiona is right on-track. Unfortunately, I don't think Americans have ever really understood how Russia tends to operate or sees the world. Even back when the Soviet Union collapsed, I remember people here in the US reacting in a way that suggested that the "Russia problem" was solved and that going forward, it would only be a matter of time before Russia was "fully democratic" and integrated into the West. Well -- that didn't happen, and decades after that point, we are now in a situation where things between the "West" and Russia pretty much resemble how they were during the Cold War.
@northerngirl4666
Жыл бұрын
if Russian wants to stop so called America’n control, Putin should get rid of ALL brand companies in the country. No Coke. No iPhones. No jeans. No everything! It’s not American political control, it’s the lifestyle that everyone wants. Remove all that and what do you have left? When I visited Poland in 1979, people followed me and offered money for the jeans I was wearing! They didn’t want the Canadian political structure - they just wanted stuff! So remove the lifestyle, and you would end up with a medieval society. Everyone everywhere want stuff. Simple as that!
@davidfellowes1628
Жыл бұрын
My take on hearing this excellent interview is that it is imperative we not "kick the can" and at the same time convey that border change is also an outdated idea.
@Rnankn
Жыл бұрын
In a sense, most western nations have always been within imperial formations, with the exception of only a few years. Most of Europe went from having colonies, to joining the EU. But these almost post-modern imperial blocs were predominantly economic and cultural. America presides over North America, but only loosely through treaties, diplomacy, cross border ties and shared governance. The difference is multilateralism versus militarism. Ukraine and Russia should have a similar relationship as America and Canada. Yet the moment violence was selected, that option was foreclosed.
@NoHairMan
Жыл бұрын
I love her books, very glad you got to talk to her
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