The War in Ukraine

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Macron claims to lead a coalition of the willing to enable Zelensky to continue the war. But his government can not balance the budget and a 23 billion gap remains in the state budget. Here I focus on the economic, political, societal challengers facing France. I rely in part on the ideas of Emmanuel Todd. Dr. Brovkin is an American historian of Russia, now retired, a former Professor of Soviet History at Harvard University, he is the author of numerous books on Russian History and politics. His latest book: From Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin: Russia in Search of Its identity (Routledge, London 2024) is available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Routledge.com. (here is the link: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Vladimir%20Brovkin) In addition to Issues of Contemporary Politics playlist, you can find: Russia under Yeltsin and Putin, Russia under the Communist Regime, War in Ukraine, European History and other playlists.