ian johnson, the assistant professor of military professor at the university of notre dame. pretty cool. and dr. sean mcmeekin. welcome. we'll provide a new interpretation on this topic and then our very own dr. nick mueller before opening up to questions and answers. with that over to you nick. >> well, good afternoon. it's great to see everybody again. it's been my pleasure to welcome our distinguished speakers here. first-time speakers ought our international world war ii conference ian johnson and sean mcmeekin. great to add new historians with new discoveries. we look forward to it. i know you all just had lunch and this is the beginning of an afternoon of great sessions. new perspectives on joseph stalin and the secret military collaborations and machinations won't keep you awake, i don't know what will. you're program has a bio. first let me say that ian johnson reached out to me as his book was going to press before it was published and he did so because he found by some means knew a little bit about research in my dissertation at the university of north carolina tha

host: ian johnson is with us this morning.e is the china studies senior fellow on the council of foreign relations. does china have a role? guest: china has forged a tight partnership with russia and i think it is quite concerned that it has tied itself to this country that is now engaged in a debacle but it does not seem to be able to change its position too much. it wants to position itself as a neutral mediator but it is not able to play that role. a lot of people wish it would have a direct role. host: how is china tied to russia? guest: china and the soviet union were tight allies until the 60's. they fought a border war and then in the 80's, 90's and 2000s the relationship normalized and now it has gotten warmer. china's problem is that it does not have allies in the world. it does not have any major allies like the united states does. in russia the chinese thought they had found a major player that was sort of on its side. it was also authoritarian. it is a nuclear power. they thought it had a big military. vladimir put

host: ian johnson is with us this morning.e is the china studies senior fellow on the council of foreign relations. does china have a role? guest: china has forged a tight partnership with russia and i think it is quite concerned that it has tied itself to this country that is now engaged in a debacle but it does not seem to be able to change its position too much. it wants to position itself as a neutral mediator but it is not able to play that role. a lot of people wish it would have a direct role. host: how is china tied to russia? guest: china and the soviet union were tight allies until the 60's. they fought a border war and then in the 80's, 90's and 2000s the relationship normalized and now it has gotten warmer. china's problem is that it does not have allies in the world. it does not have any major allies like the united states does. in russia the chinese thought they had found a major player that was sort of on its side. it was also authoritarian. it is a nuclear power. they thought it had a big military. vladimir put

ian johnson the pj morgan family assistant professor of military history at the university of notre dame. pretty cool and dr. sean makikan the francis floor and i professor of european history at bard college. welcome, we'll provide a new interpretation on this topic. and then our very own dr. nick mueller awful comments before opening up the panel to the audience question answer. so with that over to you nick, right? well, good afternoon. it's great to see everybody again. thank you mike. it's but my pleasure to welcome our distinguished speakers here first time speakers at their international world war two conference ian johnson and sean mcmeekin. and it's always great to add new historians with the latest research and new discoveries. and so we're looking forward to it. now, i know you've all just had lunch a little while ago and this is the beginning of an afternoon of great sessions. so but if new perspectives on joseph stalin and the secret military collaborations and machinations between germany and russia, and the inner war years won't keep you awake. i don't know what will but y

ian johnson, thank ou for against taiwan. ian johnson, thank you for reacting — against taiwan.reacting so quickly to i against taiwan. ian johnson, thank you for reacting so quickly to the i you for reacting so quickly to the lines coming through from that conversation between xi jinping and joe biden. nearly two million refugees have crossed the ukrainian border into poland, many of them children. 65,000 have already started in polish schools but they're expecting many more, with special classes giving ukrainian children an introduction to the polish language and education system. 0ur correspondent danjohnson is in krakow, not far from the ukrainian border. absolutely. poland has felt the pressure. more refugees arriving from ukraine into poland than any other country and it has now crossed that staggering figure of 2 million refugees in the last three weeks. this is the arena, the constant venue on the edge of crack off which is being used as a registration centre. and this is where they come to give their details and get a polish id number —— edge of krakow. that is so they

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ian johnson the pj morgan family assistant professor of military history at the university of notre dame. pretty cool and dr. sean makikan the francis floor and i professor of european history at bard college. welcome, we'll provide a new interp

nick mueller, ian johnson, and sean mcmeekin. >>> cnn's american presidents guide is our one stop guide to rich images that tell the story of their live asks presidency. cryst c-span.org/presidents to begin exploring this resource today. >>> our next one features incredibly interesting stories about women who resists fascism and totalitarianism in the war and serving on the battlefield. to digress, my demand mother served in an ammo factory, which is interesting, until some accident happened, a small explosion. after that, she worked in the front office. she said she didn't smoke menthol cigarettes anymore after that. i don't know the connection between the explosion and her smoking but i appreciate that. then my wife's truth betold a combat vet reason as well. our daughter is a company first sergeant at west point. i look forward to this panel, particularly from a very personal way. these stories will be brought to you by two historians, author glen strauss, and major general retired mary eider. the past director of public affairs at the george c. marshall center for securities studies

ian johnson the pj morgan family assistant professor of military history at the university of notre dame. pretty cool and dr. sean makikan the francis floor and i professor of european history at bard college. welcome, we'll provide a new interpretation on this topic. and then our very own dr. nick mueller awful comments before opening up the panel to

coming up sunday morning, ian johnson on the council of foreign relations discusses china's and russia'slliance. a scientist, historian and author on the history of nuclear anxiety in america. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning on c-span or c-span now, our free mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> this week on the c-span networks, both chambers of congress are in session. in response to an ongoing invasion of ukraine. they will take up the $15.6 billion emergency coronavirus pandemic relief bill. the senate votes on white house budget director. monday at 10:00 eastern on c-span. the minister who chairs -- the ongoing humanitarian crisis stemming from russia's invasion of ukraine and other issues. tuesday at 10:00 a.m. on c-span, state department officials testify on the u.s. response to the rise in authoritarianism around the globe. wednesday at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3, military pentagon officials discuss activity in europe before the house arms forces. intelligence leaders testified before the ho

ian stonetenberg. he noted that the alliance does not see changes in russian tasks, the russian army continues to achieve its goals. johnson'shis dutch colleague rutte, said that the west has no right to lift anti-russian sanctions. and even if moscow and kiev sign a peace treaty earlier this week, the reuts promised zelensky to lie to the discussion. this is not just a struggle of ukrainians with the russian aggressor. it is also a battle for democracy for the country's right to self-determination. this is a battle against new colonization. the battle for the world freedom and without well, alexey alexandrovich i as i understand it, you didn’t have time to change your clothes straight from mariupol. you have a combat, situation, alarming. tell us where you played when the police. this is the armed forces of donbass in fact. they talked about another interesting thing. these are the guys who all sat there. why didn’t the helicopters even make it to the first attempt just in time . they try to pull him out, but they can't pull him out . so ours did the right thing, they took the opportunity to sit down and climbed there with