In this one-hour YouTube video of nearly three years ago (and more relevant now than ever), Katrina vanden Heuvel (publisher, part-owner, and former editor of the progressive magazine The Nation) moderates a discussion with distinguished journalist Dan Rather and her (now late) husband, American scholar of Russian studies Professor Stephen Cohen.

Professor Cohen was saying two years ago exactly what I am most keenly feeling now, that the second Cold War into which we are sinking deeper by the day is much more dangerous even than the first Cold War, including the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Whether or not your mind is already made-up about Russia and its current leader, at least for an hour be like Professor Cohen’s wife, Katrina vanden Heuvel (who admits she has many disagreements with him), and test your ideas against his years of study, enrich your point-of-view with the nuances of of historical study.

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