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Thinking about...Conversation with Misha Collins and Emily FarallonWe talked about a wide range of topics today — from the happenings in Minnesota to what people can do to push back to Ukraine. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2026-01-2835 min
Thinking about...My Conversation with Stacey AbramsWatch my conversation with Stacey Abrams. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2026-01-1331 min
Thinking about...Can the Russo-Ukrainian war end?In this second part of the conversation, we turn to the current state of the Russo-Ukrainian war, and discuss American diplomatic antics as well as European shortcomings. We also juxtapose the current narratives around diplomacy, which are often very misleading, with the state of the battlefield.Please watch and share! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2025-12-2133 min
Thinking about...How wars are wonI had a wide-ranging conversation with the distinguished historian of war Philipps O’Brien, who has been an important voice on the Russo-Ukrainian war. In part one, we discuss the structural reasons for victory and defeat in war, and assess the first critical year (2022) of Russia’s current full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Please watch and share! Part two coming tomorrow. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2025-12-2017 min
Thinking about...Oligarchs and Diplomats (video with Michael Weiss)Greetings all! These past few days were some of the weirdest in American diplomatic history, and I was lucky to have a special guest to help explain what happened and why it matters.This was a wonderful and timely conversation with the reporter Michael Weiss on the diplomatic imbroglio that followed when the United States allowed its position on Ukrainian to be dictated by a Russian leaker who happens to be a rather singular figure in Russian politics. There are facts, contexts and analysis here you will not find elsewhere. The conversation helps us to...
2025-11-2552 min
Thinking about...The Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the WarAmong all the other things that are happening, we have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous. I summarize them here; you will find more writing on this subject elsewhere on my Substack, “Thinking about…” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2025-11-2003 min
Thinking about...Conversation with Dr Amy ActonThis is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2025-11-2037 min
Thinking about...When we say No Kings, we mean Freedom (video)Cincinnati was where I wanted to be for No Kings, and I was so glad to be there. We have dozens of civic groups signing people up to work together, and tens of thousands of people down by the river for hours. I was proud to be there and proud to open the rally with this speech. Thanks to everyone who answered and went to work. And thanks above all to the local organizers from 50501 and the good people at Indivisible who made it possible for us to come together. Please listen and please find your way to work...
2025-10-2507 min
Thinking about...Why We ProtestFive reasons to rally! Another one I didn’t mention — it’s fun and it makes you feel better. Thanks to everyone who is already out there. I’ll be at No Kings in Cincinnati. Thinking about... is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2025-10-1800 min
Thinking about...The Truth about PanicsThe Trump administration is trying to seed a panic about «antifa,» one which, if it succeeds, brings the media and the result of us along as collaborators in authoritarian regime change. So let’s be thoughtful. It is not good practice to just repeat the words of those who are trying to manufacture a panic. Nor is it it good practice to juxtapose malicious fantasy with known reality and imagine or pretend that somehow the truth is in between. That just helps those who are seeding panic by providing an admixture that they cannot create themselves. Th...
2025-10-1403 min
Thinking about...Gaza and ProtestToday the president is taking credit for a cease-fire in Gaza. But who, in America, was first in calling for that exact thing? Students on campuses. And what happened to them? They were banned from their own public spaces, all over the country. So the president should be thanking them for their foresight. And he and all of his supporters should naturally be calling for campus bans on public assembly to be lifted. I would be very happy to hear such voices! But I fear we won’t. If we...
2025-10-1305 min
Thinking about...No Kings — Freedom (video)A week from today, on October 18th, millions of Americans will gather in thousands of places to protest the countless ways our current administration is attacking our freedoms. Some elected officials — details in the video — cannot even bear to say the name of the protests out loud « No Kings ». Instead they are trying to message-discipline themselves into the propaganda line that protestors hate their country. Ha! It’s exactly the opposite. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country, where love means wanting my...
2025-10-1102 min
Thinking about...Who was Who in Weimar Germany (video)At Tuesday’s presidential “roundtable” on “antifa,” the villain du jour, one of the speakers said that its origins were to be found in Weimar Germany. The wrongdoers of history, we are instructed from the White House, were those who tried to prevent Hitler from coming to power. In a busy week, this is a statement worth noting — not just for its shocking character, but for what it reveals about the manufactured “antifa” panic: that the true target is American constitutionalism, American law, and American liberties.Thinking about... is a reader-supported publication. To receive new p...
2025-10-1010 min
Thinking about...Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)Thinking about... is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2025-10-0808 min
Thinking about...Trump’s terror memo (audio)Basic points on the rule of law, phantom conspiracies, big lies, and civic action. Thinking about... is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2025-09-2605 min
Thinking about...Speak truth to powerI spent the first few days of the month on or near the front in Ukraine and then in Kyiv, and now find upon my return an American reality that needs analysis and action. A few ideas here. Feel free to share. Thanks for being with me. Thinking about... is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes...
2025-09-2004 min
Thinking about...War of Exhaustion in Ukraine (video)How do Ukrainians endure?When will the war end?What kind of war is it?Fresh from travels in southeastern Ukraine and meetings with soldiers, officers and other Ukrainians, I try to give some answers to these questions in this nine-minute video, filmed at sunrise a couple of days ago in Dnipro. We, beyond Ukraine, are not merely observers who can ask questions, but responsible parties whose actions (and inaction) make the difference.Ukrainians are paying the price for our indecision and now, in our own way...
2025-09-1109 min
SK:n parhaat"Mielestäni meidän pitäisi amerikkalaisina pyytää anteeksi" - Historioitsija Timothy Snyder pelkää, että Yhdysvallat on vaarassa muuttua Venäjän kaltaiseksiSnyder on varoittanut Donald Trumpista jo kymmenen vuoden ajan. Nyt Amerikka on vaarassa ylittää rajan, joka tekee maasta Venäjän kaltaisen.
On Euroopan hetki tehdä historiaa, hän sanoo SK:n haastattelussa.
Tämä on näyte Suomen Kuvalehden audiosisällöstä. Tilaajana voit kuunnella koko lehden.
Kunpa kirja olisi ilmestynyt toisenlaisessa Amerikassa. Professori Timothy Snyder toivoi, että demokraattien presidenttiehdokas Kamala Harris olisi voittanut vaalit ja valvojaisissa olisi soinut Beyoncén hitti Freedom, kuten oli soinut vaalikampanjassakin. Ilmapiiri olisi ollut toiveikas ja tulevaisuuteen katsova.
Snyderin tietokirja Vapaudesta (On Freedom) julkaistiin Yhdysvalloissa viime lokakuussa, pari viikkoa ennen vaaleja...
2025-09-0323 min
Thinking about...Last Year's Move to TorontoIt took me a while, but I can now see a purpose in speaking to the discussion of my departure from Yale University for the University of Toronto. Hence this video.I moved with the family last year, largely for family reasons, attracted personally by the prospect of a change to Toronto and to its Munk School in particular; both Yale and the University of Toronto dealt with the transition very gracefully. I loved being at Yale, and at the same time I am looking forward to some new possibilities in Toronto.Because I regarded...
2025-06-0222 min
Thinking about...Fomenting AntisemitismAs the assault on American higher education continues, I’ve been asked to explain why I believe this policy is antisemitic. A new video is above.The Trump people claim to be fighting antisemitism, and the media often accept that framing. I believe, on the contrary, that these actions are antisemitic in intention and in execution. The use of the word “antisemitism” as a covering pretext for defunding education empties the concept of meaning. I have talked about this in various public gatherings in the US and written about it here, but thought that a video...
2025-04-1207 min
Thinking about...Civil Rights and Historical HonestyThe president has issued an executive order entitled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” Like most of these executive orders, it seems illegal on its face: the president can only execute the laws; he cannot just himself decide how our museums and parks will work or look. But perhaps the deeper problem is the implicit claim: that the president himself has a monopoly on truth and sanity, that we and a few others can serve as a ministry of truth, that all the experience and knowledge and research that the rest of us have is nothing more...
2025-04-0101 min
Thinking about...Is it a peace process? (short video)I was asked to make a shorter video summarizing the logic of negotiation. Here it is: five basic tests to establish whether what is proposed by Americans can be regarded as a Ukrainian-Russian peace process. I hope you find it useful, for example in evaluating claims made by the American president in his speech this evening. At the moment, American policy seems to meet none of these tests; it seems, in fact, designed to create the conditions for a broader and a longer war by excluding, exploiting and harming Ukraine, strengthening Russia, misconstruing the basic reality of the war...
2025-03-0402 min
Thinking about...The Logic of Negotiation (video)Wars are hard to end. Peace is easy to say but difficult to achieve. In this video, about ten minutes long, I spell out five logics that a successful mediator seeking peace would take into account: the state of law; the beginning of the war; calculations of the future; paper vs. reality; and ceasefire vs. peace. I have in mind the present Russo-Ukrainian war. But sometimes it helps to recall the fundamental principles. Please feel free to share this video.Thinking about... is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support...
2025-03-0311 min
Thinking about...Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)In this, my first substack video, I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. If you are thinking today about how to help Ukrainians, here are some possibilities: Come Back Alive (Ukrainian NGO that supports soldiers on the battlefield and veterans), United 24 (the Ukrainian state platform for donations, with many excellent projects), RAZOM (an American NGO, tax-deductible for US citizens, which cooperates with Ukrainian NGOS to...
2025-02-2805 min
Thinking about...Of course it’s a coup (audio)This is the podcast version of my written post “Of course it’s a coup” of 5 February. Please listen or share with those who prefer to listen. Coming posts will be about the weak strong man, lessons from Germany, and the lines we cross from one form of regime to another. Excellent journalist work on the coup is meantime being done by Mother Jones, Wired, and Notes on the Crisis. Thinking about... is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscr...
2025-02-0904 min
Thinking about...The Logic of Destruction (audio)This is the podcast version of my post on the logic of destruction behind the ongoing digital coup inside the US government. Please listen and share. Forthcoming posts will be about German lessons (just left Berlin) about fascism, and about Trump as a weak strong man. Thinking about... is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack...
2025-02-0413 min
SWR Kultur lesenswert - LiteraturTimothy Snyder – Über Freiheit | Buchkritik
„Freie Fahrt für freie Bürger!“ Mit diesem Slogan machte der ADAC im Februar 1974 gegen ein Tempolimit auf Deutschlands Autobahnen mobil. „Freie Fahrt für freie Bürger!“ Das ist nicht die Art von Freiheit, die Timothy Snyder meint. Der Yale-Historiker argumentiert in seinem Buch gegen ein allzu primitives Verständnis von Freiheit, das Freiheit vor allem als Recht versteht, von Einschränkungen verschont zu bleiben.
Wer sich weigert, bestimmte Limitierungen für sich gelten zu lassen, ist deshalb noch lange nicht frei, argumentiert Snyder. Der Historiker unterscheidet, wie einst der Philosoph Isaiah Berlin, „negative“ und „positive“ Freiheit voneinander:
Negative Freiheit ist di...
2024-12-1004 min
Explaining UkraineTimothy Snyder in Kharkiv: A Conversation about Freedom - with Volodymyr YermolenkoTimothy Snyder came to Kharkiv on September 8th, 2024, despite regular strikes on the city by Russian bombs, missiles, and drones. Our conversation was focused on freedom and values, which are the key topics of his latest book, "On Freedom", published on September 17th.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/460254/on-freedom-by-snyder-timothy/9781847928054
Kharkiv is Ukraine’s second-largest city, located some 40 kilometers from the Russian border. The city is hit almost daily by Russian glide bombs, missiles, and drones, mostly hitting civilian buildings and causing casualties among civilians. Despite this, Kharkiv remains one of the key centers of Ukrainian cultural life.
Our conversation to...
2024-12-0454 min
Thinking about...Changing the Climate (video)I brought a coat for the trip through Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Texas, but never wore it once. The drought in Ohio was painfully visible in the cornfields. A relative was able to come a talk in Ohio because she had fled a hurricane in North Carolina. In Ohio the days started out in the high 30s but then cleared 70. I ran a 5k in Ohio with people who were struggling in the sun and heat — in late October. In Ohio and Michigan the trees were a couple weeks late in turning, at least compared to what I re...
2024-11-0403 min
Thinking about...The Loser Triad (video and text)(Trying to fulfill my promise of translating all of my text posts into audio or video. This seemed like an important one to do before the election. Please think about it and share it. And vote!)We have seen this show before. We know what Trump losing looks like.Three Trumpian actions are predictable. We know them from the last election. Last time around, when Trump lost, when Trump knew that he lost, he:1. Claimed that he won (November)2. Filed lawsuits (November-December)3. Encouraged violence (January)He...
2024-11-0404 min
Thinking about...Trump's Lawless Crash (video)Some people talk about Trump’s economic plans; others about his intention to undo the rule of law. In this five-minute video, I try to explain how the two relate: how lawlessness will wreck the economy. Please consider and please share. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2024-10-3105 min
Thinking about...On Tyranny right now (audio)Given where we are just now, there have been quite a few questions about my book On Tyranny, and in particular about the first lesson, which is “Do Not Obey in Advance.” The violations of that lesson of the twentieth century have been so flagrant that they are, at least, serving as an education in how not to behave. In this setting I thought I would review some of the lessons in a little talk (half an hour or so) for subscribers, taking into account events of the past few weeks. Please share this lecture with anyone who will find...
2024-10-3033 min
Thinking about...Obeying in advanceGreetings from Oklahoma. Here are a few thoughts from here on video about the decisions of the owners of the Washington Post and the LA Times to suppress their editorial boards’ decisions to endorse Kamala Harris. A problem with the very wealthy is that, alas, the least vulnerable have a tendency to think of themselves as the most vulnerable. And from that position they harm everyone else, while proclaiming that they are simply being neutral or following business interests. But doing what Trump wants in advance only makes it more likely that Trump will have po...
2024-10-2603 min
Thinking about...Trump and Ukraine: A voter's guideA few thoughts for Americans for whom the survival of Ukraine is an electoral issue. Please watch and share. If you’re in Michigan and it’s 23 October, you can catch me live in Detroit at noon and in Kalamazoo at 7:00pm. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2024-10-2306 min
Thinking about...Fascism on televisionYou have to be in a place to appreciate the television. And I think the history of fascism helps us to see what is happening in the ads.In public, the Trump presence in Ohio is weaker than in previous elections. There are fewer signs, and the big ones are in front of the small houses. There are fewer aggressive slogans in public, and the ones personally targeted Vice-President Harris are rarer and less vicious than the ones that targeted Hillary Clinton in 2016. On the other hand, there are more Trump flags and hybrid American/Trump flags...
2024-10-2204 min
Thinking about...Can fascism be American?Continuing yesterday’s theme on fascism, responding to questions about the possibility of American fascism. There have been American fascist movements in the past, and perhaps more importantly a tradition of us-and-them politics, sometimes under the surface. There are fascists in the present who continue American fascist traditions. And we invite fascism in the future by telling ourselves that it cannot happen here. Exceptionalism opens both the front and the back doors…In these remarks I invoke directly or indirectly:Sarah Churchwell, Behold, AmericaSarah Churchwell, “It has happened here,” New York Review of Books...
2024-10-1905 min
Thinking about...Why is fascism bad, Professor?People are talking about fascism. After a New York Times article was published today, I heard both from people who are baffled that we did not been speaking of fascism more and earlier, and from people who want to know what it means — and from people who want me to explain why fascism is bad. I am on the road, so I took ten minutes to make a little video about all of this. I hope it helps. As I’ll be driving around the country for the next ten days or so, I will likely do more of thes...
2024-10-1809 min
Thinking about...Deportation Nation (audio)As a historian of forced population movements and as an American, I don’t think we are taking the consequences of the Trump-Vance deportation plan seriously enough. The reality will be much more personal and awful, and the politics more transformative and durable, than we might think. I will write this up soon; but I was moved to do a recording by the urgency of this, and by the desire to catch the end of Hispanic Heritage Month. Please listen and please share.Thinking about... is a reader-supported publication. To re...
2024-10-1410 min
The Vermont Conversation with David GoodmanYale historian Timothy Snyder on freedom and fascismIn 2017, Timothy Snyder wrote a short book, “On Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the Twentieth Century.” It was a cautionary tale drawn from Snyder’s studies of totalitarian regimes. He mused about how lessons from foreign regimes like Hungary, Russia, and Eastern Europe applied to the U.S. The lessons were warning signs that signaled when a country was veering toward totalitarianism. “On Tyranny” was the New York Times bestelling nonfiction book of 2017 and stayed on bestseller lists for years.Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University and a permanent fellow at t...
2024-09-2536 min
Thinking about...At the origins of UkraineAfter more than a year and a half of war, it can be hard to imagine it ending. And yet it can, and will. The Ukrainians can win this war, provided that we do not let them down. What they cannot do is constantly remind us how important the war is. We have do some of that work for ourselves.This history lecture, the Lax lecture delivered at Mt. Holyoke, is about the origins of Ukraine, in a deep sense. It begins with the observation that the war is of global significance. Its thesis is that...
2023-10-2944 min
Thinking about...Thanking UkrainiansToday the Ukrainian president visits to thank Americans for our support. The right kind of hospitality would be to thank Ukrainians for all that they have done for us and others. Here are ten reasons we should be grateful.(Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, TS)TS 19 September 2023 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2023-09-1916 min
Thinking about...Empire, Integration, and UkraineDear Friends,This is a lecture I delivered yesterday (6 April 2023) at Princeton University, in a series devoted to the European Union, and in the presence of colleagues who study Europe as social scientists and historians (and I was impressed by how many turned up!). I took as my title “Empire, Integration, and Ukraine,” because I wished to show how the present moment, that of the Russo-Ukrainian war, gives us a precious opportunity to consider what European integration actually means (and thus what it is for). The standard story from which both the policymakers and...
2023-04-0745 min
The Making of Modern Ukraine23: The Colonial, the Post-Colonial, the GlobalHow does all this tie together? Class 23 brings the effects of the past century of imperialism into sharp focus.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has...
2022-12-0952 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine22: Ukrainian Ideas in the 21st CenturyClass 22 brings us closer to the modern day and looks at the role of culture.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has the existence of Ukraine...
2022-12-0651 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine21: Comparative Russian ImperialismClass 21 features guest lecturer, Professor Arne Westad, comparing Russian imperialism with other empires in recent centuries.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has the existence of...
2022-12-0148 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine20: Maidan and Self-Understanding with guest lecturer Marci ShoreWhat can be that breaking point in a person’s life? Class 20 brings us to Maidan and the Self-Understanding that resulted. Guest lecturer is Marci Shore, Associate Professor of History at Yale University.
Marci Shore, Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians wo...
2022-11-2853 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine19: Oligarchies in Russia and UkraineClass 19 brings additional reminders of the impact Poland had on the formation of the Ukrainian state.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has the existence of...
2022-11-2848 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine18: Before and After the End of HistoryClass 18 brings into focus Marxism, dialectics, consumerism and nationalism during the transition from Khrushchev to Brezhnev.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has the existence of...
2022-11-1651 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine17: Reforms, Recentralization, Dissidence: 1950s-1970sThe impact of colonization in Europe in the 1950s through the 1970s is examined in Class 17.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has the existence of...
2022-11-1650 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine16: Colonization, Extermination, Ethnic CleansingWhy the 1940s was such a terrible time for Ukraine is the subject of Class 16.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has the existence of Ukraine...
2022-11-1648 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine15: Ukrainization, Famine, Terror: 1920s – 1930sClass 15 explores a very dark and terrifying couple of decades.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has the existence of Ukraine occasioned such controversy? In what...
2022-11-0750 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine14: Interwar Poland’s UkrainiansWhy would a Polish guard help a Ukrainian cross into the Soviet Union in 1933? Class 14 takes you through the interwar years.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both...
2022-11-0750 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine13: Republics and RevolutionsClass 13 details the converging forces and end of empires.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has the existence of Ukraine occasioned such controversy? In what ways...
2022-11-0750 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine12: Habsburg CuriosityWas the Privilegium Maius true history? Class 12 traces the Habsburg family and their impact on Europe.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has the existence of...
2022-11-0746 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine11: Ottoman Retreat, Russian Power, Ukrainian PopulismClass 11 looks at the ‘triangle’ and converging issues in the 18th Century.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has the existence of Ukraine occasioned such controversy? In w...
2022-11-0747 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine10: Global EmpiresClass 10 examines how several global empires shaped the development of Ukraine.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has the existence of Ukraine occasioned such controversy? In...
2022-11-0748 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine9: Polish Power and Cossack RevolutionClass 9 explores the influence of the Polish state on how Ukraine developed.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has the existence of Ukraine occasioned such controversy...
2022-11-0747 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine8: Early Jews of Modern UkraineIn Class 8, guest lecturer Glenn Dynner, Professor of Judaic Studies and Director of the Bennett Center at Fairfield University, explores the early Jews of modern Ukraine.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter...
2022-11-0748 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine7: Rise of Muscovite PowerClass 7 continues the exploration of post-Viking states toward the rise of Muscovite power.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has the existence of Ukraine occasioned such...
2022-11-0749 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine6: The Grand Duchy of LithuaniaClass 6 continues the foundations of the Kyiv state at a time when Lithuania was much larger than most people think.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why...
2022-11-0750 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine5: Vikings, Slavers, Lawgivers: The Kyiv StateIn Class 5, Professor Snyder describes the foundations of the Kyiv state.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has the existence of Ukraine occasioned such controversy? In...
2022-11-0750 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine4: Before EuropeDo you speak the language or does the language speak you? In Class 4 Professor Timothy Snyder maps out the landscape ‘Before Europe.’
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both...
2022-11-0746 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine3: Geography and Ancient HistoryIn Class 3, Timothy Snyder, recently back from a visit to Ukraine, explores the geography and ancient history of the region.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why...
2022-11-0747 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine2: The Genesis of NationsClass 2, The Genesis of Nations.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has the existence of Ukraine occasioned such controversy? In what ways are Polish, Russian, and...
2022-11-0745 minThe Making of Modern Ukraine1: Ukrainian Questions Posed by Russian InvasionClass 1 is an introduction to the course and an exploration of questions raised by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of structures, actions, or both? Why has...
2022-11-0742 minThe Making of Modern UkraineTrailerUkraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Timothy Snyder explores these and other questions in a very timely course. This course was recorded live in a classroom at … Continue reading Trailer →
2022-11-0401 min
Thinking about...The War in Ukraine and the Question of GenocideRussia’s war against Ukraine has been genocidal from the beginning. Genocide is a matter of actions, and a matter of intentions. In this lecture, delivered at Boston University on 28 October 2022, I give examples of all five of the crimes that are designated genocidal by the 1948 convention. In Russia’s war against Ukraine, the problem is not the absence of expressions of genocidal intention. If anything, Russian officials and propagandists provide so many of them that we risk being overwhelmed, becoming jaded, and demanding even more evidence. I recite a few straightforward declarations of g...
2022-10-2953 min
Thinking about...As Ukraine Goes, So Goes the World (audio)In this lecture, I begin from a recent clip on Russian television: a Russian soldier explaining that, if Ukrainians do not accept that they are Russians, it will be necessary to kill a million of them, five million of them, or all of them.The man in question is a known fascist (he appears in my book Road to Unfreedom), and what he says opens the way to a discussion of the character of Russian fascism. We have no trouble seeing the genocidal aspects of the Russian invasion — the eliminationist language, the deportations, th...
2022-10-1550 min
Thinking about..."Thinking Truth and Freedom with Zelens'kyi and Havel"This year I have been writing a philosophical book about freedom, in which the war in Ukraine and Volodymyr Zelens’kyi figure in important ways. A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of a long conversation with President Zelens’kyi, which was entirely devoted to the subject of freedom. I was able to pursue with him several interesting conceptions that he himself has advanced, in word and in deed, these last seven months, since his decision to remain in Kyiv despite the Russian invasion. One of the things we spoke about was the trad...
2022-10-0347 min
Begin The Breakthrough Full Audiobook Experience!On Tyranny and On Ukraine: Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine by Timothy SnyderPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587549to listen full audiobooks.
Title: On Tyranny and On Ukraine: Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine
Author: Timothy Snyder
Narrator: Timothy Snyder
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
Release date: May 5, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. The #1 New York Times bestseller, now in an expanded audiobook edition that includes detailed historical context for the democracy-threatening Ukrainian conflict and a call to action for modern times. This edition includes the bestselling original On Tyranny, read by the...
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Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsOn Tyranny and On Ukraine: Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine by Timothy SnyderPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587549 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Tyranny and On Ukraine: Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Timothy Snyder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The #1 New York Times bestseller, now in an expanded audiobook edition that includes detailed historical context for the democracy-threatening Ukrainian conflict and a call to action for modern times. This edition includes the bestselling original On Tyranny, read by...
2022-05-0505 min
Thinking about...Lesson 13. Practice corporeal politics (podcast)Lesson 13. Practice corporeal politics. Power wants your body softening in your chair and your emotions dissipating on the screen. Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2021-12-1005 min
Thinking about...Lesson 12. Make eye contact and small talk (podcast)Lesson 12. Make eye contact and small talk. This is not just polite. It is part of being a citizen and a responsible member of society. It is also a way to stay in touch with your surroundings, break down social barriers, and understand whom you should and should not trust. If we enter a culture of denunciation, you will want to know the psychological landscape of your daily life. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2021-12-0806 min
Thinking about...Lesson 11: Investigate (podcast)Lesson 11: Investigate. Figure things out for yourself. Spend more time with long articles. Subsidize investigative journalism by subscribing to print media. Realize that some of what is on the internet is there to harm you. Learn about sites that investigate propaganda campaigns (some of which come from abroad). Take responsibility for what you communicate to others. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2021-12-0205 min
Thinking about...Lesson 10: Believe in Truth (podcast)Lesson 10: Believe in Truth. To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2021-12-0100 min
Thinking about...Lesson 9: Be Kind to Our Language (podcast)Lesson 9: Avoid pronouncing the phrases everyone else does. Think up your own way of speaking, even if only to convey that thing you think everyone is saying. Make an effort to separate yourself from the internet. Read books. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2021-11-3007 min
Thinking about...Lesson 8: Stand Out (podcast)Lesson 8: Stand out. Someone has to. It is easy to follow along. It can feel strange to do or say something different. But without that unease, there is no freedom. Remember Rosa Parks. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe
2021-11-2811 min
Thinking about...Lesson 7. Be reflective if you must be armed (podcast).Lesson 7. “If you carry a weapon in public service, may God bless you and keep you. But know that evils of the past involved policemen and soldiers finding themselves, one day, doing irregular things. Be ready to say no.”In the podcast, I go into greater depth about the sources of this lesson: the mass atrocities carried out by German policemen and soldiers during the Second World War. I also spend some time on what might help all of us to be more reflective about the past and present. This is a public episode. If y...
2021-11-2107 min
Thinking about...Lesson 6. Be wary of paramilitaries.Dear All, It’s been one of the great pleasures of my life as a writer to speak about the new graphic edition of On Tyranny with its illustrator, Nora Krug. Her interpretation of the book is astounding and beautiful, and in our public conversations I have much enjoyed making contact with her and with our new public. There has also been a good deal of discussion of the book on television. I am now getting back to these podcasts, and will get them all out to you by Christmas (not by Hanukkah, which is coming very early this ye...
2021-11-1807 min
Thinking about...Lesson 5. Remember professional ethics (podcast).As you know, I am releasing new discussions of the twenty lessons from On Tyranny, first as videos (notifying subscribers) and then as podcasts (for everyone). We have reached the fifth of twenty podcasts. In the book, the fifth lesson reads: “Remember professional ethics. When political leaders set a negative example, professional commitments to just practice become more important. It is hard to subvert a rule-of-law state without lawyers, or to hold show trials without judges. Authoritarians need obedient civil servants, and concentration camp directors seek businessmen interested in cheap labor.”We know from these and ot...
2021-10-2409 min
The Deep DiveEpisode 82: Our Malady and On Tyranny Revisited: A Conversation w/Timothy SnyderIn this conversation, Philip talks to Prof. Timothy Snyder and discuss his new book On Malady and revisit the themes of On Tyranny. They dissect the lack of freedom in modern American life and explore the themes of health, wellness and how to build a better future.
The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.
Philip’s Drop: My Name is Pauli Murray
Songs in a Weary Throat – Pauli Murray
Timonthy’s Drop: America On Fire – Elizabeth Hinton Speci...
2021-10-2158 min
Thinking about...Lesson 4. Take responsibility for the face of the world (podcast)The text of lesson four reads:“Take responsibility for the face of the world. The symbols of today enable the reality of tomorrow. Notice the swastikas and the other signs of hate. Do not look away, and do not get used to them. Remove them yourself and set an example for others to do so.”Now that Nora Krug has made On Tyranny a deeper and better book with her transformative art, this lesson is even closer to me than it was in the past. Like much of On Tyranny, lesson four is about recognition and...
2021-10-1911 min
Thinking about...Lesson 3. Beware the one-party state (podcast).“Lesson 3. Beware the one-party state. The parties that remade states and suppressed rivals were not omnipotent from the start. They exploited a historic moment to make political life impossible for their opponents. So support the multiple-party system and defend the rules of democratic elections. Vote in local and state elections while you can. Consider running for office.”This is the third of twenty podcasts, discussing the twenty lessons of On Tyranny. This one, about the one-party state, is at least as timely as it was in 2017, when the book originally appeared. In the text, I discuss the historica...
2021-10-1210 min
Thinking about...Lesson 2. Defend institutions (podcast)The last podcast was about lesson one, not obeying in advance. That is the first lesson of On Tyranny because all of the others depend upon it. If we do obey in advance, if we normalize what is coming before it even arrives, we are part of the problem of tyranny. If we can preserve our own sense of values, if "normal” for us means what is good and right and not just whatever happens, then we have a chance to follow some of the other lessons. Number two is about defending institutions, and this could hardly be more ti...
2021-10-0908 min
Thinking about...Lesson 1. Do not obey in advance (podcast)Today is the publication day of a new graphic edition of my book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. Thanks to the extraordinary artwork of Nora Krug, it is now a deeper and better book. I have kept the lessons exactly as they were, but changed some of the supporting text to account for experiences of the past five years, and for the challenges of the years to come. In that spirit, I have also made new recordings discussing each of the twenty lessons. As promised, I will be uploading podcasts of every lesson, twice a week...
2021-10-0607 min
Thinking about...Culture of Worry (audio)Dear Friends, this essay elicited touching and interesting reactions, and I am encouraged to think and write more about our melancholy politics of parenting. This was also my most widely read essay at the time it was published, which was 20 May. Because it is very personal, I liked reading it. I hope you appreciate this version, which I am sending to everyone. In general, the writing will be for everyone, and the podcasts for subscribers. If you are not a subscriber and would like access to all of the podcasts, please do sign up. TS This...
2021-07-1911 min
Thinking about...Collage (audio)Dear Friends, this is one of my favorite posts. I think some of it works better in the spoken language. I hope you enjoy it. I am sending this one out to everyone, although in general the podcasts are for subscribers. If you would like to have access to all of the podcasts, as well as to an archive of all of the posts, please do sign up. This text was published on 17 April 2021. TS This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
2021-07-1007 min
Thinking about...9/11 and 1/6 (audio)This is my most recent post, read aloud by me. I chose to record it first, and to send it to everyone, because it deals with the preservation of democracy in the United States.If you would like to receive podcast versions of my other posts, please subscribe, if you have not already done so. Subscribers will receive audio as well as text versions of all past and future posts. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com...
2021-06-0810 min
Timothy Snyder speaksTimothy Snyder Speaks, Ep. 1: Russia Defeats AmericaRecorded on November 8, 2017
In the first episode of "Timothy Snyder Speaks," historian and author Timothy Snyder discusses the lessons American citizens can take from the year since the "Russian cyber-victory over the United States."
Timothy Snyder is a historian and professor at Yale University, specializing in Eastern and Central Europe, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust. His books have received widespread acclaim nationally and internationally from both academic and general audiences. His most recent book, "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century," explores the small, everyday ways a citizenry can resist the encroachment of government tyranny. He is also the author...
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Timothy Snyder speaksTimothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 2: America Defeats AmericaIn the 2016 presidential elections, America defeated itself. The Russian intervention, intelligent as it was, could only work because of our own failures: in media, in democracy, and in social justice. In the second episode of "Timothy Snyder Speaks," historian and author Timothy Snyder shows what the Russian attack can teach us about ourselves.
Timothy Snyder is a historian at Yale University, specializing in eastern Europe, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust. His books have received widespread acclaim. His most recent book, "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century," explores the everyday ways a citizen can resist the authoritarianism of today. He...
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Timothy Snyder speaksTimothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 3: What is Oligarchy?What does oligarchy mean? In the third episode of "Timothy Snyder Speaks," historian and author Timothy Snyder explores the meaning of oligarchy, where it came from, how it endangers us — and how it connects the United States and Russia.
Timothy Snyder is a historian at Yale University, specializing in eastern Europe, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust. His books have received widespread acclaim. His most recent book, "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century," explores the everyday ways a citizen can resist the authoritarianism of today. He is also the author of "Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning" and, fo...
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Timothy Snyder speaksTimothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 4: SadopopulismSadopopulism: how America can be governed without policy and with pain. A guide to the logic of the Senate tax plan.
Timothy Snyder is a historian at Yale University, specializing in eastern Europe, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust. His books have received widespread acclaim. His most recent book, "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century," explores the everyday ways a citizen can resist the authoritarianism of today. He is also the author of "Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning" and, forthcoming in April, "The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America."
Follow on Twitter: @TimothyDSnyder
2019-05-1500 min
Timothy Snyder speaksTimothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 5: Christianity and ChristmasToo often these days invoking the name of Jesus or claiming Christian religion has become an escape from responsibility for plainly un-Christian behavior. Are Christians forgiven for everything because they find ways to blame others for their own actions? Perhaps the meaning of Christmas is something else, extending an idea of the good rather than defending what is plainly bad, and perhaps a Christmas greeting is a way to affirm others rather than claiming all righteousness for ourselves. Merry Christmas.
Timothy Snyder is a historian at Yale University, specializing in eastern Europe, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust. His books have received...
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Timothy Snyder speaksTimothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 6: The Con of America FirstAmerica First is not a foreign policy and it's not a domestic policy. It creates a vacuum of power filled by China, and a vacuum of values filled by Europe. It breaks the rules without proposing new ones. And so in the end puts Americans last.
Timothy Snyder is a historian at Yale University, specializing in eastern Europe, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust. His books have received widespread acclaim. His most recent book, "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century," explores the everyday ways a citizen can resist the authoritarianism of today. He is also the author of "Black Earth...
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Timothy Snyder speaksTimothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 7: The Evil of America First"America First" brings both political weakness and moral hazard. The last episode was about America's new weakness in the world. This one is about how "America First" leads Americans to turn against one another.
Timothy Snyder is a historian at Yale University, specializing in eastern Europe, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust. His books have received widespread acclaim. His most recent book, "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century," explores the everyday ways a citizen can resist the authoritarianism of today. He is also the author of "Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning" and, forthcoming in April, "The Road...
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Timothy Snyder speaksTimothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 8: Cybercolony USAIn 2016 Russia defeated the United States in a cyberwar, selecting the president of the United States. Since that victory, Russia continues its campaign in the dark corridors of cyber, colonizing us at every turn: from the Nunes memo to the Parkland shootings. Cyber-colonization can be resisted but first it must be understood.
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Timothy Snyder speaksTimothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 9: Reporters – the Heroes of Our TimeWithout the people who seek facts, we can forget about justice, freedom, and equality.
Timothy Snyder is a historian at Yale University, specializing in eastern Europe, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust. His books have received widespread acclaim. His most recent book, "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century," explores the everyday ways a citizen can resist the authoritarianism of today. He is also the author of "Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning" and, forthcoming in April 2018, "The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America."
Follow on Twitter: @TimothyDSnyder
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Timothy Snyder speaksTimothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 11: Much More Than CollusionTo speak of "collusion" is to misunderstand the Russia story. To understand Trump as an instrument of Russian power, we have to begin the Russia story in the proper place: Russia. In this talk, I explain Russian philosophy, strategy, and tactics. So that the Russian victory in the cyberwar of 2016 makes sense.
Timothy Snyder is a historian at Yale University, specializing in eastern Europe, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust. His books have received widespread acclaim. His most recent book, "The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America," tells the whole Russia story, from beginning to end, in a way that makes sense...
2019-05-1500 min
Timothy Snyder speaksTimothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 10: Pompeo or Pompeii? Climate Security is National SecurityNo matter what issue we think matters in the preservation of basic American interests, from Syria to Mexico, climate matters intensely. To deny climate change is not only to practice the politics of the big lie, it is to doom the country to irrelevance, impotence, and tremendous suffering. This will be the real test for our new secretary of state: will he continue to be a lobbyist for the energy industry, or will he serve the country?
Timothy Snyder is a historian at Yale University, specializing in eastern Europe, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust. His books have received widespread acclaim. His...
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Timothy Snyder speaksTimothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 12: The Mueller InvestigationThe Mueller investigation is not a contest of men but of principles. It is a contest between two ways of seeing the world, the outcome of which will very possibly determine whether or not the notion of an American republic makes any sense. This lecture is not about the details of the investigation, but about its wider sense and meaning for the future of the country.
Timothy Snyder is a historian at Yale University, specializing in eastern Europe, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust. His books have received widespread acclaim. His most recent book, "The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America," tells...
2019-05-1500 min