WEBVTT - Single Best Idea with Tom Keene: Angela Stent

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news. Single best idea, the

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<v Speaker 1>herd and heritage of what we've been doing for years

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<v Speaker 1>is to keep track of our good guests and understand

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<v Speaker 1>we have levels of guests and people just coming up,

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<v Speaker 1>kids right out of school they've never been on radio

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<v Speaker 1>or TV before, and grizzled veterans and all, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course people that you know, they just get older and

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<v Speaker 1>move on. And the answer is, in times like this

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<v Speaker 1>you try to go to experts. The first call that

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<v Speaker 1>we made yesterday was to Angela's Stent of the Brookings Institution.

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<v Speaker 1>Her book Putin's World was my book of the year,

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<v Speaker 1>I think three years ago. I selected my book of

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<v Speaker 1>the year that year. In late February, when there was

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<v Speaker 1>an invasion of here is Angela's Stent on the shocking

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<v Speaker 1>headline that the United States of America joined Russia at

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<v Speaker 1>the United Nations.

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<v Speaker 2>This was truly shocking. I mean, who did we veto

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<v Speaker 2>the resolution condemning Russia with our good friends North Korea, Russia, Yelorus, Syria,

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<v Speaker 2>the Central African Republic Nicaragua. I won't go on. Even

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<v Speaker 2>China and Iran abstained from that vote. So Ronald Reagan

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<v Speaker 2>would be turning in his grave, as would many others.

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<v Speaker 2>It's really quite remarkable. And if you think of what

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<v Speaker 2>the US has stood for, you know, for the past

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<v Speaker 2>eighty years, since the end of World War Two, through

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<v Speaker 2>the Cold War, through the post Soviet era, it's quite

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<v Speaker 2>remarkable that we veto a resolution that condemns the Russian

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<v Speaker 2>invasion of Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 1>Angela's stent of the Brookings Institution, we continued on with

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<v Speaker 1>their many different as to take here a movable feast

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<v Speaker 1>of news. By the time you hear single best idea,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, the news may have changed more with

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<v Speaker 1>Angela's stent.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that the Trump administration is still believing, for instance,

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<v Speaker 2>that if we have this for Approshmaile with Russia, Russia

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<v Speaker 2>will decide to distance itself from China and will reverse course.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's highly unlikely, but I think that's one

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<v Speaker 2>thing that's going on here. And I think it's also

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<v Speaker 2>the US trying to show to those countries that supported US,

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<v Speaker 2>and I guess those who have stained that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we're not necessarily taking sides in this. We recognize that

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<v Speaker 2>Russia is a great power, and we're going to try

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<v Speaker 2>and do something.

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<v Speaker 1>Different Angela's stint. I'm sure we'll be speaking to her

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<v Speaker 1>in the coming weeks. This is a heritage of the

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<v Speaker 1>program that goes back to the late Marshall Goldman of

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<v Speaker 1>Wellesley and Harvard, all the work we've done over the

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<v Speaker 1>years on Russia, and to see where we are now,

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<v Speaker 1>we can only call upon Henry Winter and the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of Bloomberg News where their expertise are Moscow, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course these experts like doctor Stent Again. Her book is

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