george kennan at age 93 and 1997 condemns this. this is obese the most fateful error of american policy in the entire post-cold war era. it will inflame nationalistic anti-western and militaristic tendencies in russia, have an adverse affect on the department of the russian democracy, restore the atmosphere of cold war east-west relations and the power russian foreign policy in directions decidedly not to our liking. top state department diplomat richard holbrooke said this was nonsense. he said and i quote, the united states could have its cake and eat it, too. we could offer protection to the central and european companies and europeans without alienating russia. he said use not people will look back at the debate and wonder what all the fuss was about. they were noticed that nothing has changed in russia's relationship with the west. it is difficult i would argue to be more wrong by richard holbrooke. let's fast-forward to our current era where russia of course is led by vladimir putin. putin's primary foreign policy ambitions s

brian: there is a george kennan institute, but it is not your father. grace: it is. it is my father and the original george kennan for who he is named. they were born on the same day. they wanted to name it after my father. my father wanted it named after his distant relative. it was namedmed after both of them. they had the same name, so it is pretty easy. brian: where is it located? grace: the woodrow wilson international center for scholars in washington, d.c. i am on their advisory council, and have been for 14 years. it is run by -- the director of the can and institute. kennan insitute. brian: what does it do? grace: it provides a home for scholars from the former soviet union and american scholars who are trying to learn something about russia. we have been very lucky. we have title viii money that funds these scholarships. the kennan institute puts on seminars about u.s. russia relations, cultural and political relations. economic, the arctic. i mean, there are many different levels in which we relate to russians. brian: who are the ones who enjoy the title v

brian: there is a george kennan institute, but it is not your father. grace: it is. it is my father and the original george kennan for who he is named. they were born on the same day. they wanted to name it after my father. my father wanted it named after his distant relative. i always assumed it was named after both of them. they had the same name, so it is pretty easy. brian: where is it located? grace: the woodrow wilson international center for scholars in washington, d.c. brian: how involved are you in it? grace: i am on their advisory council, and have been for 14 years. it is run by the director of the kennan insitute. brian: what does it do? grace: it provides a home forgry council, and have been for 14 scholars from the former soviet union and american scholars who are trying to learn something about russia. we have been very lucky. we have title viii money that funds these scholarships. the kennan institute puts on seminars about u.s. russia relations, cultural and political relations. economic, the arctic. i mean, there are many different levels in which w

and the original george kennan for who he is named. they were born on the same day. they wanted to name it after my father. i assume it was named after both of them. they had the same name, so it is pretty easy. brian: where is it located? ms. kennan warnecke: the woodrow wilson international center for scholars in washington area i am on their advisory council, and have been for 14 years. --is run by brian: what does it do? ms. kennan warnecke: it provides a home for scholars from the and american union scholars who are trying to learn something about russia. we have been very lucky. we have title viii money that funds these scholarships. the kennan institute puts on seminars about u.s. russia relations, cultural and political relations. -- there are many different levels in which we relation -- which we relate to russians. brian: who are the ones who enjoy the title viii scholarships? ms. kennan warnecke: i do not want to miss speak -- misspeak. our russian and american scholars, but i need to double check. there a lot more activity behind the scenes between russia

brian: there is a george kennan institute, but it is not your father. grace: it is my father. it's my father and the original george kenan for whom he is named. he was born on the same day. and they wanted to name it after my father. my father wanted it named after his distant relative. i always assumed it was named after both of them. they had the same name, so it is pretty easy. brian: where is it located? grace: the woodrow wilson international center for scholars in washington, d.c. brian: how involved are you in it? grace: i am on their advisory council, and have been for 14 years. brian: who runs it? grace: right now matt is the director of the kenan institute. brian: and what does it do? grace: it provides a home for scholars from both russia -- well, the former soviet union is a better word for it because it goes beyond russia, and american scholars who are trying to learn something about russia. we have been very lucky. we have title viii money that funds these scholarships. in addition, we put a lot on -- the kennan institute puts on seminars about u.s.-russia relati

[applause] >> sunday night on q&a, the daughter of american diplomat george kennan discusses her memoir, "daughter of the cold war." i met vladimir putin in st. petersburg in st. petersburg. they substituted the deputy mayor. i was notyed because meeting with the mayor. cagey b.had been

sound like anto excursion, i keep on my rather messy desk a copy of george kennan's long telegraph to remind myself it is not impossible to take a generational approach to a problem. it is just rare. i think the world, not just the u.s., is going to have to adopt a generations long approach to untying this gordian knot of grievances, causes, and ideologies. some of what we have heard from our arab friends is promising, but it is way too early to draw any conclusions, in my humble opinion. i applaud what they seem to be trying to do, i welcome all of it. if past experience is any indicator, some of this will fail. will they keep going when it fails? i asked us that question. when we fail at something, will we keep going, or will we quit? it's too painful, too hard, to complicated, or it will take too long. if we are serious, if the world is serious, we will do what , wege kennan recommended will stay at this for as long as it takes. a have demonstrated willingness to kill and capture terrorists for 17 consecutive years. it will take even longer to untie the grievances, causes, the ideo

. >> tonight on q&a, the daughter of american diplomat george kennan. this -- discusses her memoir. >> i met putin in 1991. he was deputy mayor, i was running my business consulting, i had a client who wanted to [indiscernible] and i had a meeting with the real mayor create he was called away so they substituted the deputy mayor. putin. and i was annoyed as i was meeting -- not meeting with the mayor. i knew putin had been kgb, i was negative and he came in and he was equally negative, he did not want to meet with some american woman who claimed to meet -- run a business, he was suspicious of women. he had no gallantry. , he hadas the coldest the coldest eyes i had ever seen. eyes and all, cold i could think of is i wonder what would happen if he was interrogating me. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. intelligence committee member marco rubio on what is called deep fake check. -- technology that can distort audio and video images. following his remarks a panel of experts talk about the role of platforms and privacy implications. this hour

i'm in good company, george kennan was last former ambassador to be on the list. i saw his daughter two days ago. she has a new book coming out herself.and she said, welcome to the club, mike. i was on the list for long time. keep the faith you might get on again later. i think we can all agree this is a confrontational moment in the u.s. and russia relations. for me, i want to add adjective, tragic confrontation. what i want to do is, i just want to explain this photo. this photo. -- what happened? [laughter] what happened? how did we go from that moment to this moment? by the way, i was at that meeting but it was in mexico of all strange places to have a summit.flew there from moscow and let me tell you, the meeting was much worse. much worse! all right, for the next 15 or 20 minutes i want to explain that. what happened? did i want to take your questions. when we get questions i want to be clear, i'm talking pretty analytically now but i want to make sure that we can talk about anything. we can talk about all of the other chapters in the book, some of the later

sunday night on "q&a," the daughter of american diplomat george kennan. >> i had a client who wanted to do something with the port of st. petersburg. -- hehad the real mayor was called away until they substituted the deputy mayor. putin. and i was annoyed, because i was not meeting with the mayor. kgb.w putin has been i was negative about it. he came in and was equally negative. he did not want to meet with american woman who claimed to be running a business. i think he was very suspicious of women. .e had no gallantry i havethe coldest eyes ever seen. very big, blue, cold eyes. i wondered what happened if you was interrogating me. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on "q&a." >> "washington journal" continues. florida democrat val demings joins us now. she says on the democratic task force for election security. have we learned the lessons of 2016 when it comes to election security? are we ready for 2018? , good morning. it is good to be back. protecting our elections is going to be an everyday process. the work we did on the task force was timely. we certainly identified some vulnerabi

. >> sunday night on q&a, the daughter of american diplomat george kennan discusses her memoir "daughter of the cold war." >> i met putin in 1991 incident petersburg. he -- in st. petersburg. he was deputy mayor. i had a client who wanted something to do with the port of st. petersburg, and i had a meeting with the real mayor. he was called away so they substituted the deck -- deputy mayor putin. i was annoyed because i was not meeting with the mayor. i knew he had been kgb. i was sort of negative about it all. he came in and was equally meetive, did not want to with some american woman claiming to run a business. i think he was very suspicious of women. he had no gallantry, and he was the coldest, he had the coldest eyes i have ever seen. big, blue, cold eyes. wonderould think of, i what would happen if he was interrogating me. >> sunday night at a clock eastern on q&a -- 8:00 eastern on q&a. >> join us this weekend for alaska weekend, with featured programming on c-span, book tv and american history tv. we explore alaska's natural beauty, history, culture and public policy issues facin