at first is the assistant professor at the columbia journalism school. take it away. >> thank you for having me and thank you for this fun and useful book which does cover a tremendous amount of ground and summarizes in a sustained political science research i was not aware of. i learned two terms i cannot believe i have lived this long without knowing one is autocratic legalism, a description of how the kremlin and other regimes very people and lawsuits and the appearance of legality as a form of oppression. i thought that was interesting in the concept of rational ignorance. for why people in a place like russia may choose certain things or to ignore certain things. not because they don't know about them but it does not serve their interest to know how the regime is behaving. nothing good could come of it for them. and in general i thought to waive this book at people on twitter in particular we don't know what they are talking about enough we have time to answer all them but i would bring them up. the first is russian specificity. in your point is wel

first up is the assistant professor of magazine journalism at the columbia journalism school. please take it away. hello, everybody. thank you for having me and thank you for this really fun and very useful book which really does cover a tremendous amount of ground and summarizes in a succinct and entertaining way a lot of political science research that i wasn't aware of. i learned to terms i can't believe i lived this long without knowing. one was autocratic legalism. a description of how the kremlin and other regimes just kind of very people in lawsuits and have the appearance of legality as a form of oppression. why people in a place like russia might choose to think certain things or ignoregn certn things not because they don't know about them but because it doesn't serve their interest of how it's behaving because there's nothing they can do about it and nothing good can come for them. i look forward to waiving this book at people who don't know what they aree talking about wih regards to russia. >> i had a general thoughts or questions. i don't know if i will have time

keith gesson is a professor at the columbia school of journalism here at morningside. stephen kotkin is professor of history and international affairs at princeton university and maria murillo is a professor of science at columbia and is also serving as director for the institute of latin american studies. without further ado i will hand it over to tim to talk about his book before. >> thanks a lot. it's really a pleasure to be here and i want to thank you in the palace for taking time out of your busy schedules particularly during a pandemic. i really appreciate your effort and hearing what you have to say about the book. the simplest way to describe "weak strongman" the limits of power in putin's russia is that it's explainable. translate what i think is the best academic research over the last decade for a general audience on a host of interesting questions. spuyten really popular? do you elections matter? the's propaganda ineffective cliques why are relations with the left so fraught. the book should have something for you whether you identify as a russian or is so

he does focus on first amendment and media law, and also is a guest professor at columbia university's journalism schoolwelcome to our program. floyd: good to be here. susan: we are pleased to welcome back ted olson. mr. olson has argued 63 cases in private practice and for the government before the supreme court, including during his term as solicitor general from 2001 to 2004. one of his key cases was representing president bush in bush v. gore. he is a law partner now in washington. we are pleased to have you back. ted: i am delighted you would ask. susan: we are going to start with understanding how broad or narrow this decision was. how did people understand the decision? what did the court find? floyd: the court found that the times and the post could not be restrained in advance from publishing, a prior restraint, as it is known. and they said that is a very heavy burden that the government has to overcome. they have to show real, irreparable harm to the country. and that the government had failed to do that. that was the ruling of the court. in addition to that ruling, there were nine separate o

his bachelor's degree in journalism from the university of washington and a master's degree from columbia university's graduate school of journalism. mary is the author of five books his latest book published in november of 2017 was president mckinley architect of the american century. mary has served on the board of advisors of bloomberg government and was a director of acorn media a distributor of high-end british drama. he is twice served as a juror for the pulitzer prize mary the father of three children lives with his wife susan in splits his time between langley, washington and washington dc bob. welcome to history happy hour. thank you colleen. thank you so very much and thank you all of you for being here today. it's a pleasure for me to be with you. i'm not really with you. however, and i have to say it's a little bit weird for me not to be able to see you as i talk to you. it occurs to me that if i try to say something funny, i won't have any idea whether i succeeded or not because i can't hear whether there's any kind of a reaction. but i do want to say that i would love to have a drink with all of you, bu

his bachelor's degree in journalism from the university of washington and a master's degree from columbia university's graduate school of journalism.

his bachelor's degree in journalism from the university of washington and a master's degree from columbia university's graduate school of journalism. mary is the author of five books his latest book published in november of 2017 was president mckinley architect of the american century. mary