ChinaTalk

Russia's Pivot to Asia From Czars to Putin

Sep 14, 2021

01:07:17

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Kamil Galeev

Chris Miller

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Is It Possible to Move to the Far East?

02:36

Is Russia a New Russia?

03:12

Is There Any Talk About Chinese Investments?

01:35

Introduction

4min

The Eastern Pacific Expansion of Russia

4min

The Perils of a Russian Empire

3min

Importance of Empire Building

1min

Is Russia a New Russia?

3min

Is It Possible to Move to the Far East?

3min

Is There a Graveyard of Russian Empires?

3min

The Russian Empire and the Second Opium War

4min

Is the Rofi Refusing to Annex Singa?

2min

10.

Sinjang - It Was Not Easy to Say, Please Help Us Become Independent

5min

11.

'Shinkai Shak'

4min

12.

The Soviets Didn't Have a Grand Plan to Back Mow

1min

13.

The Politics of South China in the Early 19th Century

5min

14.

Railroadroads - A Sociological Implication

2min

15.

The Soviets and the Ind India, China Triad

4min

16.

Is There Any Talk About Chinese Investments?

2min

17.

Gorbacov, a Westernizer

6min

18.

Is It Really Important for Debates, for Identity?

3min

19.

Afghanistan Becomes China Sad Arabia?

2min

20.

Is China a Stay at Moden State?

4min

How did Russian imperial ambitions and expansionism eastward change over time?

Joining me on this episode is Chris Miller, author of We Shall Be Masters: Russian Pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin. Chris is a history professor at the Fletcher School and Eurasia Director at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

Cohosting is independent researcher, journalist and fellow at the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute Kamil Galeev. Reach out to him on twitter if you have a place for him to live in DC!

We also look at:

How the fur trade spurred Russian interest in Alaska, California and Hawaii
Russia, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party
Why Xinjiang didn’t end up like Mongolia
Chairman Mao’s new shoes

Outtro music: Kamil's suggestion of what he tells me was a Soviet anti-Japanese war song (it slaps)

Три танкиста (three tank men) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp22_BHJDJk

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Russia's Pivot to Asia From Czars to Putin

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Is It Possible to Move to the Far East?

Is Russia a New Russia?

Is There Any Talk About Chinese Investments?

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