Stephen Kotkin on Lost in Translation: World Order & Word Order | HISPBC Ch.1
@HooverInstitution Senior Fellow Stephen Kotkin, explores the challenges of understanding and navigating the modern world order with an emphasis that language and terms used in global debates are often misleading and create false perceptions. The need to redefine and better articulate these terms, choose historical examples more wisely, and resist the temptation to adopt the tactics of adversaries is as immediately necessary as ever. Kotkin suggests that, ultimately, by understanding the true nature of power dynamics, embracing the strengths of open societies, and learning from the past, the United States will be better equipped to shape a prosperous and stable future in an increasingly complex world.
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There is no such thing as a boring Stephen Kotkin presentation - full of historical facts and stories to bind them together. Thanks!
I see Stephen Kotkin, I immediately drop everything to listen in ❤
you're easy to manipulate
Absolutely
Same here...
Listening to Stephen Kotkin is like having a light switched on and the darkness vanishing.
I see Kotkin - I click.
The history book that Stephen Kotkin mentions is Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America by Pekka Hämäläinen. He doesn't end up saying the title, only the author.
Thank you.
Thx!
I added the author and title above, with a link to the publisher.
thank you!
Thank you!!!!
I never tire of Kotkin's wisdom.
Kotkin is among the sharpest minds alive.
A clear thinker
Sharpest shit
Thank you Prof Kotkin. You are a global treasure. 👏👏👏👏👏
Kotkin is amazing.
Strong ending with a TIMELESS Stoic statement. "The best revenge is not to be like your enemy." - Marcus Aurelius. Again, many of life's problems have been solved. We just fail to apply the lessons.
If that’s the case, then the Atlanticist establishment should stop demonizing Trump and the MAGA movement.
Stephen Kotkin is the best. I don't question that he'll say what he really believes, unlike some others.
Always appreciate Kotkin’s knowledge and deep evaluation of issues. ( Australia, from real the ‘Global South’).
Finally, Stephen Kotkin!
Been waiting a long couple of months Thanks so much Stephen
Was having a good day until getting this talk popped up on my feed. Now it’s an awesome day 😊
Keeping Posting Stephen Kotkin content and Ill keep watching it! LOVE KOTKIN
If Sec State got to open for Kotkin then it should go down as his highest achievement.
I like this Kotkin. Doesnt seem to be stuck in past and old attitudes and perceptions.
ITS KOTKIN!!!
thankyou stephen , appreciate your work .for whatever reason your absense from media has caused me anguish , i had started to think you had been shut down !! . please be more vocal on the world stage ,your view of the world is imo so valuable and needs to be louder.
5 mins in and loving this so far!!
Love Kotkin's sense of humor and of course his clarity and erudition. Glad he parsed all these meaningless politically invented terms being bandied about to target the Free World as an enemy....baseless as it is not supported by any evidence.
He didn't debunk anything. He just subjectively dismissed terms that seemed to threaten his beloved American empire by giving the slightest agency to non-western peoples. "Global south" In no way did he debunk that. He just arbitrarily decided south meant south of the equator rather than generally south of Europe and North America, then personally assigned Australia to it, then objected to the thing he himself and no one else did. The definition of an irrelevant and frankly stupid nitpick. "Multipolar world" He objected to it on a moral basis, but that says nothing as to its validity as a concept describing the world. And then he claimed to be working empirically, which is a contradiction. And so on. A few minutes in and we have multiple egregiously stupid mistakes. This guy is frankly an imbecile but because he has a bit of academic charisma people think he's a genius. Also, I like how you say "meaningless politically invented terms" and in the same sentence use the phrase "Free World". That's pretty funny.
@@dangin8811 He only loves America if it's useful. When he's done using it he'll escape to Isr@el.
@@dangin8811 I think he makes a lot sense if .....
As much as I love Sec. Rice, he should be the headline 👍🏻
Rice? 👎
Thank God we have people like Stephen Kotkin, Sarah Paine, and even Peter Zeihan (although many, due to his exploding popularity, has his critcs)....
Zeihan is a hack. His videos at least, not familiar with his books. You'll know it when he covers something you are familiar with.
I simply do not understand how this guy explains complicated things so simply all the time. Like, even his cadence is slow and easy. It's like E=MC^2 but for explaining geopolitics.
What a wonderful teacher
I really appreciate the pointing to Lake / Blinken’s speech, From Containment to Enlargement. Thank you for this, Dr. Kotkin.
I listened to half of this yesterday, glanced at the comments, left. Came back today, half the comments are missing, including completely anodine comments like "what book is Kotkin referring to?" Less and less can we trust what is digitally delivered to us. The powers that mastered thought control in the pre-digital age have not lost any of their appetite for such power over minds. If they are not already better than they were at this game 30 years ago, they soon will be. The tools for offensive thought control are simply superior to those available for defense against thought control. If Kotkin were a deeper thinker, he would discuss this crucial matter.
He emerged from his monastic cell. It must be Spring!🎉🎉
Stephen Kotkin, a great person with lots of great information!
Stephen Kotkin for president!!
You love old guys moving into the WH, don't you?
Kotkin is best, period
I see Kotkin I open and click like
he lectures like a door-to-door gadget salesman
Hoover Institution is serious about getting to 1M subs this month. 🎉
I miss hearing Kotkin talking about History and Stalin...
Always a pleasure listening to evidence based common sense analysis.
The most compelling and intelligent status quo defender. Would love to see him debate mearsheimer.
Mearsheimer is the biggest promoter.of nuclear proliferation I've ever seen 😂
A master class in Critical Thinking, WOW!
African talent! So much thinking.
First for Kotkin
"Hemelinin"?
What is the name of the best book he said he read?
"Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America" by Pekka Hämäläinen
I believe it’s Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America by Pekka Hämäläinen
Pekka Hämäläinen Indigenous Continent I think
"Hemelinin"?
@@tomekjarzabek5036next Amazon best seller!
The essential S.Kotkin.! 🇦🇺
Wise. Thanks.
I finally see the conservative in Mr. Kotkin
Great great Steve Kotkin❤❤
Everything Stephen Kotkin writes is worth reading.
Fantastic stuff.
It's always wonderful to our favourite professor Stephen Kotkin. Stephen - so nice to see and hear you talk about a wider subject. I love your jacket and shoes!
22:01 Professor Kotkin mentions a book, "the best book I've read in a while". In case anyone is wondering: Pekka Hamalainen "Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America", published in 2022.
Did anyone manage to pick up the title of the book and maybe the author also of the book he recommends about 20 minutes in? Something about the survival of indigenous American empires? Even using the transcript it wasn't particularly clear! Any help would be appreciated 😊
KOTK1N ! The GOAT
Amazing talk! Thanks for sharing I especially loved the first part about the notions we use
This guy might be the most interesting guy in the universe
I am astonished to find my comments critical of Dr. Kotkin's speech were censored here one hour ago. It is ironic that this happened at a forum for and of intellectuals.
Thank you, Mr Kotkin & the Hoover institution for the upload. JL
What a great speaker! I could listen to Stephen for days. Why can't we get men like this to run for office?
I hope especially that both Presidential candidates watch this video, along with their supporters. Interesting to note the long influence on policy and DC Anthony Blinken has had.
It is always interesting to listen what Stephen Kotkin has to say
Dr. Kotkin is a breath of fresh air. What is the book about indigenous people that he mentioned?
Great historians don’t always make the best present-day analysts.
Absolutely brilliant
Good stuff.
I recommend the political economy lectures by Harvard professor Roberto Mangabeira Unger, who comes from the Global South i.e. Brazil. His lectures are all available on his KZhead channel. He challenges Kotkin's idea of institutions as some sort of institutional prerequisite for a market society. What we get is an ossified version of market society that is incapable of institutional transformation.
The man is a global treasure.
22:01 - what book is it? Can't find it. Need help.
Yo! Update your Stephen Kotkin Playlists Hoover!
Could you please make a list of everything Stephen recommends in this video?
Great lecture!
Amen!!!
Thanks
What Stephen is hinting at when he is talking about Pygmalion is not the lonesome artist obsessed with his idea of a perfect piece of artwork. He is speaking about a culturally inspired educator - a teacher.
Okay thanks. I had no idea what it meant.
Fans of SK would be wise to spend some time with Will Durant’s The Lessons of History. Followed by The story of civilization. I’d take a plumber well versed in these texts over any academic ignorant of them. “Study history! Study history! Study history!” W. Churchill.
I've heard Kotkin say that he reads about 120 books a year on a few occasions now. How on earth is that possible? It's more than two a week! Can someone explain this to me?
Professor Kotkin should be Secretary of State!
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:51 *🤔 Analyze and define terms of debate critically to avoid being constrained by imposed narratives.* 05:29 *🌐 Understanding of terms like "multi-polar world" may differ between nations, aligning with certain narratives unwittingly.* 09:40 *🌍 Two major approaches to world order: "One Worldism" (UN-centric) versus "The West" (based on shared values and institutions).* 19:01 *📚 Understanding historical forms of power (land-based vs. maritime-based) helps navigate current geopolitical dynamics.* 26:49 *🚀 The "Asian Century" is happening in the US due to immigration, suggesting openness to talent is crucial for sustained success.* 27:33 *⚔️ Kennan's advice on not emulating adversaries remains relevant in modern geopolitics.* 28:00 *🌐 Comparing China to the Soviet Union underscores the potential for fundamental clashes despite apparent differences.* 29:08 *🔥 Cold War, despite its drawbacks, is preferable to alternatives like hot war or capitulation.* 30:28 *🤔 Understanding the terms of sharing the planet with China is crucial to navigate international relations effectively.* 32:48 *🗽 Resisting emulation of autocratic practices preserves freedom and strength in competition with adversaries.* Made with HARPA AI
What is the 50-page speech he refers to in the video?
Put Kotkins name in the title for better views!
16:48 So I looked it up, and apparently “Blinkin’ Blake” was a Garbage Pail Kids card 😂
Brilliant man who does not suffer fools
Impressive. What a joy to be his student.
Stephen Kotkin is always interesting and provocative. The distinction he draws between land and sea powers is not original, but he states it eloquently. If valid, perhaps part of the explanation for that tendency is that land power allows and requires control of the people living on the land (maybe tied to it as serfs or similar limited agency status). Such control is helped by control of specific geographical features. By contrast, sea powers thrive as networks and anyone with access to the sea and use of ships can move across the sea or create new networks - people are not limited to specific land trade routes and choke points. That requires a different economic, social and political system from land powers. That is simplistic because of course sea powers can end up controlling land areas and people (colonialism). Sea power is not inherently 'nice' but can allow and benefit from being a different system. The US has a continent but much of that is accessible via river systems so it engages with other countries via the sea and that river system, which makes the US primarily a sea power, but with the depth and resources of a land power. Britain did not cede power to the US voluntarily - Britain was impacted then bankrupted by two world wars, so had to seek US help to survive in the long term (from 1914 and especially after 1941). Adam Tooze describes that in his book 'The Deluge'. The transition would have happened anyway, but maybe later and maybe much less smoothly.
SO MANY WORDS FROM SO MANY PEOPLE. KOTKIN'S WORDS ARE MEANINGFUL. DON'T EVER MISS A KOTKIN CONTRIBUTION. I WON'T. i GET MORE THAN A COUPLE OF CHUCKLES, MUCH MORE.
Kotkin rocks!
what is the book referred to after 22:00?
What was the book Kotkin referenced at the 22 minute mark? I can't find it on Amazon.
ooooooo new Kotkin!!
Kotkin needs to do more TV
great job stephen
From an America perspective, our "Greatest Ally" in the Middle East is doing a great job at discrediting the idea that our Order stands for humanitarian, democratic values. Or do we just carve out an exception for that particular ethnostate? At what point does something stop being hypocrisy and it becomes a refutation of the values system itself? Saying "we made mistakes" works about the past (I guess), but what about something that is happening in real time before our very eyes?
I can’t find the book he recommended: Rewriting American History for You at 22:00. Anyone know what the author’s name is?
The same here! Any help from the audience please?
Land Power, then Sea Power, then Space Power?
Information power; computation power; silicon power; machine learning; artificial intelligence; integrated circuits; microprocessors.
I would love to see Mearsheimer and Kotkin on debate
Can anyone discern what history book he references @ 22 min? I've found no "Survival of the Native American Empires" by Hemalinan, Himal Lynan, Hymelinan ...
On a fourth point: “do not become like them.” What if they become like you, but only to use your strength to defeat you?
Using some advantage is not equal to hedging
What was that book? (about indigenous American empires.) Anyone.
27:17 Industrial policy? What does it mean?
Central guidance of the development of industry - for example, communist 5 year plans. The United States has done this in the past, but not as much lately (since Carter/Reagan?) The Chips act recently is a light-touch example. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_policy
"Industry" is mass production i.e. the transformation of all individual members of society into units of collective production, as opposed to everyone subsisting individually like peasant farmers. So industrial policy is government action to manage or direct collective production for some politically defined purpose. For example, in the US the CHIPS act was industrial policy to incentivize domestic semiconductor manufacturing. The basic point of industrial policy is government intervention into the market economy.
Srry i cant understand wich book he talks about. the one about rewriting the american story. anyone have the title / author. ty
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America Book by Pekka Hämäläinen i got it from part 2
I would love Kotkin to debate Mearsheimer
someone can tell me the author of the native american book MrKotkin praises around min21/22 ?