vice chairman and former us ambassador to germany john emerson.hanks for coming on the show. >> thanks a lot and happy new year. jack otter: it is not a happy new year in ukraine. it will be a long, cold, dark winter over there. what does this mean for international relations and the international economy? >> i give you three frames to think about this with. number one, it is fair to say february 24th, the day the invasion started, was the last day of the post cold war era. what marked that era, the fall of the wall and the dissolution of the ussr particularly for europe there was a huge peace dividend and what we saw during this era was an embracing of globalization and integration, an effort to integrate russia and china into the global economy. those days are over. we are now in a completely new time and that will not be on wrong. the second thing to keep in mind is this is a war that will go on for a long time. it is not a war that zelenskyy or putin can afford to lose. it's not a war either of them can win. vladimir putin already lost the war

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john winthrop, as you mentioned before, if you remember, the sermon, the city on a hill. he has descended from him. and cornelius waldo, if you ever read ralph waldo emerson, he was a slave merchants on a large scale. so, by the time of the 18th century, these people who whose ancestors were involved in thinking this app, they are already in the swing of things. these are the true people who were involved and embedded in the slave trade. in fact, emerson's ancestor cornelius waldo had a slave ship that he named africa that -- was packed with 200 african people at the time. if you're using this type packing method, you probably see the pictures of the slave shifts that became prevalent during the mid 18th century of bodies of people packed into those ships, that is the kind of method that was used. in fact, some historians have argued that a northern slave traders preferred this packing method because it would lower the cost. the more people you can get into the vote, even though it's much more deadly for the human beings, the more, quote unquote, profit can be made on the market. even more dreadful, they were preferring younger captive people from the car

john winthrop, he's talked about before. if you remember the sermon the city on a hill. right. he's from from him and wilder, if you've ever read what ralph waldo emerson, a slave merchant on a on a large scale. so by the time the 18th century, these people whose descendant, everybody whose ancestors were involved in thinking this up, they're already of in the swing of things. right. these are two people who are involved and embedded in the slave trade. in fact, ralph emerson, ancestor cornelius cornelius waldo had a slave ship that he named africa that plied the middle packed with 200 african people. the time and this you're using this tight packing method you probably seen pictures of the slave ships that where it became kind of prevalent during the mid 18th century of kind of bodies people packed in those ships that is the kind of method that was. and in fact, some historians have argued that northern slave traders actually this packing method because it would lower costs. so the more people you can get into the boat though it's much more deadly for the human beings then the more quote unquote profit can be made on the market even more kind dreadful