ChinaTalk: The Soviet Cold War Machine
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Welcome to part two of our Cold War history series with Sergey Radchenko. Here’s part one. In today’s epic interview, we discuss:
- Khrushchev’s removal from power and the transition to the Brezhnev era,
- How the USSR and China managed their relationships with Vietnam,
- Sino-Soviet border conflicts, Brezhnev’s negative feelings toward China, and Nixon’s rapprochement,
- Watergate and the inability of China or the USSR to understand American politics,
- Why the Soviets decided to invade Afghanistan,
- Reagan’s approach to negotiations and his relationship with Gorbachev,
- How to manage the containment paradox and unknown adversary motives when competing with China and Russia today.
Co-hosting today is Jon Sine of the Cogitations substack.
Jordan Schneider is the host of the ChinaTalk podcast and newsletter. He previously worked at Kwai, Bridgewater and the Eurasia Group. His Chinese landscape paintings "show promise."
