henry kissinger, graham allison. scientists and so on and then historians. then i have a fabulous research team. i go into this learning immersion and i iterate with it. i show them what i got, they come back, and that is the process. david: so we have in here people who have said good things about the book including a number of treasury secretaries. hard to get three treasury secretaries to agree on anything but you did. you have very favorable comments from the book from henry kissinger and bill gates. you know both of them? ray: yeah. david: who is smarter? [laughter] ray: well, i think that they each would say the other guy. and i think i would say each in their own ways. david: you should go into politics. your view is there are three big cycles in history, is that fair? ray: i came with the three things happening today and then i found there are really five. but three big ones. yeah. david: let's go to the first cycle. the first cycle is when an economy comes together and gets wealthy, people are building up the economy and eventually they build it up

and i believe what henry kissinger proposed in 2013 amended, it outlines ukraine is free to choose its own destiny, free to join the european union but also some kind of compromise between eastern and western sections of the country. so there are ways and means of achieving a diplomatic settlement and that's the tragedy in ukraine, the outline of a settlement was given by henry kissinger eight years ago. >> david miliband, again, it feels to me like zelenskyy proposed variations of what kishore is talking about. >> i think you're right. remember george cannon said 50, 60 years ago, russia's tragedy is that it can only see ukraine either as a muscle or enemy. and what he said then is russia's crime today because what they have done is invade. and the challenge you're laying down is absolutely right, the ukrainians are not the aggressors here. the unthinkable scenes we're seeing in mariupol that i fear will be repeated in other parts of the east of the country, whether it's more besiegements to come. what we have here is a klaczek scissors effect, where the greater and greater misery wit

. >> my favorite onn the ego was henry kissinger, because he did not have any humility but along that ben franklin use' which is if you truly meet humility you just need the pretense of humility and have to learn to fake kids and kissinger at one point was looking at an audience like this, and i said i have never seen such a distinguished sea of faces since i last - at the hall of mirrors alone. [laughter] >> tell everyone about about what he said after your book came out, some years later. >> many thanks. >> the one that is repeatable. >> will one of them was committee asked him how he writes about getting said, like the title i write the title. [laughter] >> but about 30 years later, what happened was, he didn't speak to me for a couple of years after the book but then i was at time magazine and we decided do an anniversary party inviting everybody on the cover of time and so he was invited and i didn't know if he would come by the phone rings and my sister said, it is henry kissinger on the line for you to pick up the phone and he said walter and my first reaction is, this is eithe

my favorite on the ego was henry kissinger because he didn't have any humility, but it has a line that ben franklin used which is that you don't truly need humility. you just need the pretense of humility. you have to learn to fake it and and kissinger at one point was looking at an audience like this. he said i've never seen such a distinguished sea of faces since i last dined at the hall of mirrors in versailles alone. so david, can i jump tell everyone about what he said after your book came out some some years later many things the one this repeatable one of them was somebody asked him how he liked the book. he said like the title. but whatever. what happened was he didn't speak from to me for a couple years after that book, but then i was at time magazine and we decided to do an anniversary party inviting everybody been on the cover of time and so he was invited not enough he would come because he wouldn't speak me but the phone rings and my assistant says, it's henry kissinger on the line for us. i pick up the phone. he says very valter now by first reaction is this is either hen

>> my favorite on the ego was henry kissinger because he didn't have any humility, but he has a line that ben franklin used which is, that you don't truly need humility if you just need the pretense of humility. you have to learn to fake it. and kissinger at one point was looking at an audience like this and he said i've never seen such a distinguished sea of faces since i last dined at a hall of mirrors in verse five. alone. >> can i jump in? to live what about what he said after your book came out some years later. >> well, many things. >> the one that is repeatable. >> one of them was, somebody asked him how we liked the book and he said i like the title. [laughing] >> what about afterwards about 30 years later? w >> what happened was, he didn't speak to me for couple years after that book, a but then i ws at "time" magazine and we decided to do an anniversary party inviting everybody would been on the cover of time. so he was invited, i did know if he would come because he wasn't speaking to me but the phone rings and my system says it's henry kissinger on the line for you.y pick

but the phone rings and my assistant said it's henry kissinger on the line feel. and my first reaction is this is either henry kissinger irked carter and he will dine out on it forever face anything. is that even the 30 years war had to end at some point. but his wife didn't agree with that? >> he m said but you know nancy she's partial to the hundreds year or we may have to work on her. >> who would you say is the greatest american? oh lord. the greatest american presidents almost certainly lincoln a close second fdr. because bothh confronted exit essential crises and preserve the possibilities of democracy we have now once again imperiled as we speak. >> the greatest american i have known john robert lewis. born in pike county alabama the great grandson of an enslaved man son of a sharecropper who folks like me like to say would like to quote peter parker the 19th century abolitionists of the ark of the universe is long but is not bend it toward justice their people insisting it swerve. and john, on the bridge come on the freedom rides in so many different f pla

henry kissinger who was the most conniving mercurial slippery character? i think i ever covered and who's still with us today stephen. he's was he 95 so i think so. yeah and still full of opinions. i then returned to israel for a full tour and i covered the yom kippur war. the second of the four wars i write about they're there's an image of egyptian troops pouring across the soas canal on a temporary bridge they laid down the jubilant. feeling they were they were rectifying in a way 1967 and israeli troops up on the golan heights an extraordinary photograph here right on the bank of the suez canal. taken by my friend wonderful photographer mika barram that's in israeli soldier in an officer in the middle. he's taking names of egyptian prisoners who are bound as you can see and a shell has landed. immediately behind them and somehow mica had the presence of mind to take that photograph. i find it extraordinary. but it changed again the geography of course. and and again although israel was persuaded through negotiation to return of course the sinai that yo

henry kissinger who was the most conniving mercurial slippery character? i think i ever covered and who's still with us today stephen. he's was he 95 so i think so. yeah and still full of opinions. i then returned to israel for a full tour and i covered the yom kippur war. the second of the four wars i write about they're there's an image of egyptian troops pouring across the soas canal on a temporary bridge they laid down the jubilant. feeling they were they were rectifying in a way 1967 and israeli troops up on the golan heights an extraordinary photograph here right on the bank of the suez canal. taken by my friend wonderful photographer mika barram that's in israeli soldier in an officer in the middle. he's taking names of egyptian prisoners who are bound as you can see and a shell has landed. immediately behind them and somehow mica had the presence of mind to take that photograph. i find it extraordinary. but it changed again the geography of course. and and a and again although isl was persuaded through negotiation to return of course the sinai that

kissinger raised almost a decade ago. ukraine is a bridge that brought together post--- both east and west that allowed russophones and non-russian speaking parts of ukraine to coexist peacefully. unfortunately we approach this as a tug-of-war, and what has happened is that ukraine itself has been plunged into war and ukrainian citizens have been quite adversely affected from all of this. i do not think we can put the genie back in the bottle, we have to deal with the situation as it is. i think that will mean trying to find some sort of compromise settlement, as painful as that will be politically. host: gary, ohio. republican. good morning. caller: good morning, hello. my question is this war's well-publicized all over the world, with social media, how are we going to treat russia after it is all over, are we still going to have sanctions? how are the russian people going to feel about all of this? thank you for taking my call. guest: that is a very good question and a very hard one to answer. part of this will depend o

it is such a bold, whole argument that even somewhere like henry kissinger is not a sympathetic for the russians or for us are now. where do you? and he said, under the circumstances, the best solution was to make you can in the bridge between east and west. there's what we've talked about a find some very often lately people in pania and pakistan who do believe we do think that somebody has to read chartered for beast. you've come to the conclusion . if kashmir can be made into our model of cooperation, a final project, that would be the best thing. so that's the value of looking after those very critical areas, which no said can afford to lose. and that is where you start bringing discontinued formula that a couple of other things also that he saw a, let's call it the run is formula. we have to live there, but i'm greatly appreciative of your wisdom and of your time today. thank you, ma'am. hateful, thank you very much. so it was nice to be here and thank you for watching hope to sir again, next week on well, the part ah, with me ah ah ah needs to come to the russian state to never. i

kissinger is not a sympathetic for directions or for us or now, where do you and he said, under the circumstances the best solution was to make you can in the bridge between east and west. there's what we've talked wrote of, and some very often lately people in by me are in pakistan. who do believe we do think that somebody has to read chartered for beast. we've come to the conclusion. if kashmir can be made into our model of cooperation, a final project that will be the best thing. so that's the value of looking after those very critical areas, which no said can afford to lose. and that is where you start bringing this chris in his formula. there are a couple of other things also that he's well a, let's call it the run is formula. we have to leave it there, but i am greatly appreciative of your wisdom and of your time today. thank you, ma'am. it'll take really much. so it was nice to be here and thank you for watching hope to see again next week on. well, the part ah with me ah with ah, pohden is the aggressor tune chose is war. today i'm authorized with additional strong sanctions

you know, yes, you have people like henry kissinger is pointing out to this really fac. and there was a debate when the by the administration came into office that the u. s. should be attacking china 1st or should be a 2nd gresh offers. and there were some people who were saying that china is that bigger and it means we should be concentrating on china and they were sent. there were some people that were saying that it's easier to manage a confrontation with russia, so we should take care of russia 1st and then go to china in the 2nd. and this is what a lot of chinese leaders realize that if the u. s. is successful in its aggression against russia, china would be next. and since they realize that they realize that russia cannot, it has to succeed in the world that they have started. and of course being iran. busy realize that american aggressive behaviors will continue no matter what you do, you know, has been sitting end of american negation for the last 4 years. for what i saw was many thanks for your time and your thoughts today for what is out a professor of politica

our government that even somewhere like henry kissinger is not a sympathetic for directions or for us or no. or do you and he said, under the circumstances the best solution was to make you can in the bridge between east and west. there's what we have thought of. and some very often lately people in by me are in pakistan. who do believe we do think that somebody has to read for charter for beast. you've come to the conclusion. if kashmir can be made into our model of cooperation, a final project that will be the best thing. so that's the value of looking after those very critical areas, which no site can afford to lose. and that is where you start bringing disclosing that formula. there are a couple of other things also that he saw a, let's call it the run is formula. we have to live there, but i am greatly appreciative of your wisdom and of your time today. thank you. around a little. thank you very much. so it was nice to read and thank you for watching hope to start again next week on. well, the part, ah with mm hm. what we've got to do is identify the threads that we have it, tree

henry kissinger. numerous others pointed out to washington they are making a terrible mistake. i should say that includes the current cia director william burns. and former cia director stansfield turner. william perry from secretary of defense under clinton, was so outraged he practically resigned in protest. 50 specialists in russia wrote a warning later -- warning letter to clinton saying, this is extremely dangerous and you should not be doing it. you are just calling on russia to become militant and aggressive instead of accommodating and a common european home. well, clinton went ahead. george w. bush later tore it to shreds. 2008, he invited ukraine to join -- that was actually vitord -- vitoedy and france. everyone i quoted, how u.s. diplomats and russian specialists and so on, understood perfectly that for russia, there are some definite red lines that no russian leader will tolerate. none. yeltsin, gorbachev, anyone. and that is ukraine and georgia, within the russian strategic heartland, joining a hostile military alliance. they will never accept that. the u.s. forag

henry kissinger. numerous others pointed out to washington they are making a terrible mistake. i should say that includes the current cia director william burns. and former cia director stansfield turner. william perry from secretary of defense under clinton, was so outraged he practically resigned in protest. 50 specialists in russia wrote a warning later -- warning letter to clinton saying, this is extremely dangerous and you should not be doing it. you are just calling on russia to become militant and aggressive instead of accommodating and a common european home. well, clinton went ahead. george w. bush later tore it to shreds. 2008, he invited ukraine to join -- that was actually vitord -- vitoed by germany and france. everyone i quoted, how u.s. diplomats and russian specialists and so on, understood perfectly that for russia, there are some definite red lines that no russian leader will tolerate. none. yeltsin, gorbachev, anyone. and that is ukraine and georgia, within the russian strategic heartland, joining a hostile military alliance. they will never accept that. the

i don't see antony blinken making the kind of efforts that say henry kissinger would have made in 1973. a somewhat similar situation arose when the arab states attacked israel. the u.s. has calculated that the longer the war goes on the better. i think that's too risky of a strategy given that vladimir putin the ability to escalate with a tactical nuclear weapon. i don't know what the by demonstration would do if that happened. it's not clear to me how that would react how -- how they would react. he has shown himself capable of inflicting atrocities on civilians. i don't know why he would rule out using a tactical nuclear it was his only way of avoiding a humiliating defeat. >> we have already seen inflation and supply-side pressures exacerbated by the pandemic and the war create these political crises. how much time is there before these domestic political concerns trump the support for the ukrainian cause? >> this is a problem. we tend to lose interest in a foreign crisis after about four weeks. the number one issue in the french presidential election coming up is inflation. again i

. , all of a sudden, for the first time since henry kissinger got the soviets out of egypt in 197 3, the egyptians are now buying arms from the russians again. this is a global contest that we are in. and our interests are global. for a variety of reasons. that is an issue that i think our politicians in both parties have failed in making the case to the american people why our interests are global. i think that you have to have a strategy that understands that first of all, this is going to be a long contest in front of us. and second, it is a global contest. you can't just say we are going to pivot to asia and think that that takes care of your interests, because the chinese activities are global. the russians are becoming more aggressive globally. and then obviously, you've got other powers like iran and north korea that you can't forget about. i think we have to back up and say, ok, this is a global contest, may be the ideological umbrella over it all ultimately is democracy versus authoritarianism. but the reality is -- in dealing with the very concrete challenges that russia an

bill clinton's was pretty good, nixon's memoir i talked about, henry kissinger. i didn't think you had to just look at it as presidential memoir but look at it as an important memoir of a public figure. >> the question i was going to ask you, as a historian and being an insider, do you dare be critical of somebody like that? and then the access is cut off. >> i'm not worried about access in that way. i'm not writing a book on obama. having that, though, i could use it some day. you asked early, do i have notes. so if i have notes of a conversation, i don't need to monetize it. i don't need to be -- i just spoke to -- i don't tell people about it. i just keep my notes. i have an archive. some day, some of my tapes or notes of things might be of interest to future scholars. >> is there any doubt that both journalists and historians and people who have access to presidents pull their punches because they want future access? >> yes, i would guess so. >> i mean, interviewers. if you go in there and you're slamming the person -- >> no, of course, and that's different,

and all of a sudden for the first time since henry kissinger got the soviets out of egypt in 1973, the egyptians are now buying arms from the russians again. this is a global contest that we are in. and our interests are global. for a variety of reasons. and frankly, that is an issue that i think our politicians in both parties have failed in making the case to the american people why our interests are global. but i think that you have to have a strategy that understands that first of all, this is going to be a long contest in front of us. and second, it is a global contest. you can't just say we are going to pivot to asia and think that that takes care of your interests, because the chinese activities are global. the russians are becoming more aggressive globally. and then obviously, you've got other powers like iran and north korea that you can't forget about. i think we have to back up and say, ok, this is a global contest, and maybe the ideological umbrella over it all ultimately is democracy versus authoritarianism. but the reality is, in dealing with the very concrete challenges

and all of a sudden, for the first time since henry kissinger got the soviets out of egypt in 1973, the egyptians are now buying arms from the russians again. so this is a global contest that , we are in and our interests are global for a variety of reasons. and frankly, that is an issue that i think our politicians in both parties have failed in making the case to the american people why our interests are global. from but i think that you have to have a strategy that understands that first of all, this is going to be a long contest in front of us. and second, it is a global contest. you can't just say we are going to pivot to asia and think that that takes care of your interests, because the chinese activities are global. the russians are becoming more aggressive globally. and then, obviously, you've got other powers like iran and north korea that you can't forget about. i think we have to back up and say, "ok, this is a global contest and maybe the , ideological umbrella over it all ultimately is democracy versus authoritarianism." but the reality is, in dealing with the very concrete

and so when he would tell henry kissinger something like what's going on? i wounded knee or something well, but you don't care get. to run over that say the stuff in night. we would be no policy happening. it was just nick symbol on off steam and so the question comes trickier. on the tapes affected policy and what one is just showing nixon's? personality and they're they're both available. i mean, they're really fascinating endlessly interesting you get online. they're rather inexpensive though. yeah. oh is it? oh and who published it? oh, we got a published by hardcore. press they probably made you know, honest to god. i mean these books each are so thick. but we wrote introductory to each section, you know, i'd work on pro set it up. here's a little piece of transcript. here's my writing, you know transcript writing transcript writing transcript writing a lot of work and at the end it gives you a pretty good view of them. we were very pleased with them and they're available. i mean, they're out there and book stores and stuff. i mean i see them a lot, bu

the people i mentioned like george cannon henry kissinger william perry william burns cia director many others or not and there's no longer with us would not be justifying the russian aggression when they they explain the background for it. in which we play a role and continue to play a role by not joining today in offering. in developing diplomatic options supporting those that are already on the table going back to ambassador freeman that was his point crucial point. as long as our position back by england is you're finished. putin you're done. war crimes trials permanent sanctions no way out for you. we're telling putin truman said i'm quoting him. we're going to fight you to the last ukrainian. that's not something we should be doing. we should be moving towards. peace. we spend a lot of time talking about the kinds of weapons we can provide okay? worth doing it, but the real thing we should be talking about is how can we move towards a peaceful settlement which will end this horror not to the last, ukrainian. and you're watching book tv on c-span 2 joining us is noam chomsky who si

kissinger madeleine albright, names that are big picture names in dc to leave office and then go lobby for those working morning china. and has to change in hollywood when so many are entangled with the communist party that is detrimental to us interest. steve: why can some law and watching now do think people are angry about this. >> they should be and speaking out is important also i will make a very serious please don't take out your anger against chinese-americans. you're really giving beijing a win if you do that because you allow beijing to say chinese people globally we are the only ones who can protect you. society against the regime and the party but make sure it's not chinese-americans. steve: when you put like that it's incredibly important and most people do see this incredibly deep connection between the establishment here. you reveal that in your book so i think we have to fight back harder and you are a part of that i appreciate meeting you and encourage everyone to buy your book good to see you. thank you. much more ahead. steve: feels like nothing can stop the tailspin

kissinger madeleine albright, names that are big picture names in dc to leave office and then go lobby for those working morning china. and has to change in hollywood when so many are entangled with the communist party that is detrimental to us interest. steve: why can some law and watching now do think people are angry about this. >> they should be and speaking out is important also i will make a very serious please don't take out your anger against chinese-americans. you're really giving beijing a win if you do that because you allow beijing to say chinese people globally we are the only ones who can protect you. society against the regime and the party but make sure it's not chinese-americans. steve: when you put like that it's incredibly important and most people do see this incredibly deep connection between the establishment here. you reveal that in your book so i think we have to fight back harder and you are a part of that i appreciate meeting you and encourage everyone to buy your boooo ♪ ♪ i came, i saw, i conquered. (all): hail, caesar! pssst caesar! julius! dude, you sh

kissinger madeleine albright, names that are big picture names in dc to leave office and then go lobby for those working morning china. and has to change in hollywood when so many are entangled with the communist party that is detrimental to us interest. steve: why can some law and watching now do think people are angry about this. >> they should be and speaking out is important also i will make a very serious please don't take out your anger against chinese-americans. you're really giving beijing a win if you do that because you allow beijing to say chinese people globally we are the only ones who can protect you. society against the regime and the party but make sure it's not chinese-americans. steve: when you put like that it's incredibly important and most people do see this incredibly deep connection between the establishment here. you reveal that in your book so i think we have to fight back harder and you are a part of that i appreciate meeting you and encourage everyone to buy your boooo steve: feels like nothing can stop the tailspin using historically low polling numbers is c

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talked to henry kissinger, why are you such a soccer fan? well, i used to play in germany, the jewish kids used to play against the non-jewish kids, and i was really good. in fact,ge i had a chance to do something, but i had to get out of there because of what was happening in germany, but i've had s a passion for the game evr since. that's a pretty good story. and ii thought, why did i play? didn't do anything. played in front of 12 people. why did kissinger play? why did the rock play? he wanted to go pro. he wanted to go pro, university of miami, they all went pro. he got cut in the cfl. he's living in his parents' basement, married, and and said what a loser i i turned out to be. it set him up for life. we all have goals. we want to get a house, that girl, aha guy, that car, that job, and it doesn't happen. sports, i would say it's the spice of life. which brought me to these two books, the games do count. i talked to 72 people, mesh's best and brightest on power of sports, not one of w those peope you would know as an athlete from condo

henry kissinger dr. eric schmidt. thank you. the book is the age of ai. bout their latest work. congressman thank you for joining us to talk about your book dignity in a digital age. thank you for having said mayor the pleasure. i have to say i admire the work you put into your book it would have been i think very easy to just put

talk to henry kissinger i go why you such a soccer fan he goes. well, i used to play in germany right before world war ii the jewish kids used to play against the non-jewish kids, and i was really good. and in fact, i had a chance to to do something, but i had to get out of there because of what was happening in germany, but i but i have a passion for that game ever since that's a pretty good story. and i thought why did i play? didn't do anything division two soccer player in front of playing in front of 12 people. why did kissinger play? why did the rock play he wanted to go pro rock wanted to go pro all his friends university of miami dual one pro. he got cut in the cfl. he's living in his parents' basement married and said what a loser. i turned out to be but it set him up for life because life is not easy. we all have goals. we want to get that house. we want to get that girl that guy we want to get that car. you want to get that job and it doesn't happen sports. i would say there's a slice of life which brought me to these two books the game

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