Conflict: Niall Ferguson on Ukraine, Taiwan, and His War of Words with V. P. Vance
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On President Trump, the war in Ukraine and Cold War Two, the contest with China. One of the most accomplished historians in the English speaking world. Neil Ferguson on Uncommon Knowledge. Now. Welcome to Uncommon Knowledge. I'm Peter Robinson.
A native of Glasgow, Sir Neil Ferguson holds a bachelor's degree and a doctorate in history from Modlin College, Oxford. A fellow at the Hoover Institution here at Stanford, Sir Neal has published more than a dozen major works of history, from his classic study of the First World War, The Pity of War, to Doom, The Politics of Catastrophe. He is currently working on the second volume of his life of Henry Kissinger. Sir Neil is a founder of the University of Austin and a frequent contributor to the free press. Neil, welcome back to this program. It's great to be with you, Peter.
Ukraine. We begin with the background. Let me Set up where we stand at this moment. since twenty twenty three or so The war in Ukraine has settled into a stalemate. The Russians control about The eastern one fifth of the country.
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