‘Dialogue Works’ edition of 1 November 2024

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‘Dialogue Works’ edition of 1 November 2024

In one hour our conversation with host Nima Alkhorshid covered the waterfront of current international issues. We opened with discussion of the results of last week’s BRICS Summit in Kazan and then moved on to war in Ukraine and in particular to the latest stunning Russian successes in Donbas. The presence of North Korean troops in Russia, possibly in Kursk to assist in the mopping up operation there, was a further issue. We concluded with consideration of what a Trump win next week will mean both for shutting down the war in Ukraine and for possibly advancing towards war with China, an eventuality that I see as most improbable.

As I say out the outset of this video, the lighting is less than optimal and the possible intrusion of the sound of the refrigerator’s compressor is what you get when recording from the best lit room in a Petersburg apartment, the kitchen. Accordingly I ask viewers for their indulgence and hope that you will find that the content of this discussion justifies your time.

translation below into German (Andreas Mylaeus)

„Dialogue Works“-Ausgabe vom 1. November 2024

Eine Stunde lang haben unser Gastgeber Nima Alkhorshid und ich über eine Vielzahl aktueller internationaler Themen gesprochen. Wir begannen mit einer Diskussion über die Ergebnisse des BRICS-Gipfels der letzten Woche in Kasan und gingen dann zum Krieg in der Ukraine und insbesondere zu den jüngsten beeindruckenden russischen Erfolgen im Donbas über. Die Anwesenheit nordkoreanischer Truppen in Russland, möglicherweise in Kursk, um bei der dortigen Säuberungsaktion zu helfen, war ein weiteres Thema. Wir schlossen mit der Überlegung, was ein Sieg von Trump in der nächsten Woche sowohl für die Beendigung des Krieges in der Ukraine als auch für einen möglichen Krieg mit China bedeuten würde, eine Möglichkeit, die ich für höchst unwahrscheinlich halte.

Wie ich zu Beginn dieses Videos sage, ist die Beleuchtung nicht optimal und das mögliche Eindringen des Geräusches des Kühlschrankkompressors ist das, was man bekommt, wenn man aus dem am besten beleuchteten Raum einer Petersburger Wohnung, der Küche, aufnimmt. Dementsprechend bitte ich die Zuschauer um Nachsicht und hoffe, dass Sie der Meinung sind, dass der Inhalt dieser Diskussion Ihre Zeit rechtfertigt.

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Gilbert Doctorow's latest book, "War Diaries. The Russia-Ukraine War, 2022-2023" is a unique contribution to literature on the war thanks to the author's reports on the Russian home front written during his periodic visits to St Petersburg at a time when Russia no longer issued visas and nearly all Western journalists had left the country. Doctorow's two-volume "Memoirs of a Russianist" published in 2020 also constitutes a category of its own, consisting largely of diary entries rather than reminiscences written decades later.. Volume 2 focuses on the community of 50,000 expatriate managers working and living in Moscow during the 1990s, about which none of his peers has yet to write. Gilbert Doctorow is a professional Russia watcher and actor in Russian affairs going back to 1965. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College (1967), a past Fulbright scholar, and holder of a Ph.D. with honors in history from Columbia University (1975). After completing his studies, Mr. Doctorow pursued a business career focused on the USSR and Eastern Europe. For twenty-five years he worked for US and European multinationals in marketing and general management with regional responsibility. From 1998-2002, Doctorow served as the Chairman of the Russian Booker Literary Prize in Moscow. During the 2010-2011 academic year, he was a Visiting scholar of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. Mr. Doctorow is a long-time resident of Brussels.

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One thought on “‘Dialogue Works’ edition of 1 November 2024”

  1. Dear Dr. Doctorow, when shooting in a kitchen, unplug the refrigerator and put your phone inside it (so you don’t forget you unplugged it when you’re finished). Thank you for your work.

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