Could Massive Demonstrations Against Despots and Kleptocrats in Serbia and Hungary be a Model For the U.S. to Get Rid of Trump and Musk?
We begin with massive street demonstrations against kleptocratic depots in Hungary and Serbia and discuss when and if similar people power protests could and should erupt here in the United States to unseat our despots and kleptocrats, Trump and Musk. Joining us is Marci Shore, a professor of history at Yale University who teaches the intellectual history of twentieth and twenty-first century Central and Eastern Europe. She is the author of Caviar and Ashes: A Warsaw Generation’s Life and Death in Marxism, 1918-1968; The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe; and The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution, now out in an updated edition. Her forthcoming book is In Pursuit of Certainty Lost: Central European Encounters on the Way to Truth.
Russia Claims Victory After Trump’s Call With Putin, Who Paid No Price For Rejecting Trump’s Ceasefire Deal
Then we look into the much anticipated phone call yesterday between Trump and Putin, which was delayed for an hour as Putin played his usual psychological game of dominance and disrespect. Joining us to discuss the Russian media’s portrayal of the call as a great victory for Putin, as Russia is invited back in from the cold without paying any price, is Michael Gorham, Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Florida. He is the author of two award-winning books on Russian language culture and politics: After Newspeak: Language Culture and Politics in Russia from Gorbachev to Putin and Speaking in Soviet Tongues: Language Culture and the Politics of Voice in Revolutionary Russia. He’s currently completing his third book, Networking Putinism: The Rhetoric of Power in the Digital Age, devoted to the impact of digital media on Russian political rhetoric.
Will Erdogan Get Away With the Brazen Jailing of the Leader of Turkey’s Opposition?
Then finally, we assess whether Erdogan will get away with the brazen act of jailing the leader of Turkey’s opposition and speak with Henri Barkey, professor of international relations at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and a senior fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as a member of the U.S. State Department Policy Planning Staff, working primarily on the Middle East, the Eastern Mediterranean, and intelligence and has authored, co-authored, and edited five books, among them Turkey’s Kurdish Question and Reluctant Neighbor: Turkey’s Role in the Middle East.