Is Trump courting Russia because he is worried about China? A conversation with Sergey Radchenko

What lessons can we draw from the Soviet Union's Cold War bid to Run the World, which is the title of the latest book by the historian Sergey Radchenko? What does Russia's sense of historic destiny tell us about its relations with the West and China? Hosts Ra and Sherzod discussed these and some other questions with Prof. Radchenko in this episode of the podcast.Brief bio: Sergey Radchenko is the Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He is a renowned historian and commentator who has published numerous books and academic articles, along with a prodigious number of commentary and media articles on the international history of the Cold War, Sino-Soviet relations, Soviet and Russian foreign policy, and many other topics. His latest book, which we discussed in the podcast, is To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power, published last year by Cambridge University Press.Link to the book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/...Link to the Foreign Affairs article by Sergey Radchenko: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/...