last time we knew, when this was discussed, when hitler demanded from the president of the republic of czechoslovakiagrees, here he sat , the president of the republic of czechoslovakia, thought, thought, thought, agreed, this is about the same thing, and, well, approximately , you know, according to the logic of action, it’s absolutely identical, like this, i’m not afraid of it tell, so, well, yes, orban agreed, who gave him a mandate so that his decision would lead to the impoverishment of the entire hungarian people, well, he doesn’t have such a mandate, this... i’m discussing everything, so you volodya said that they have a colonial past, and a common one, and that’s well they have such a cultural-historical instinct , and thus align themselves with the owner, but moreover, this is not only a cultural-historical instinct, you need to understand that in reality this western world, that is, western europe, japan, although it is in the east, yes, there is south korea, the philippines. orban tried to be clearly marked, but if someone in germany would do something like this, no one would even intimida

last time we knew, when this was discussed, when hitler demanded that the president of the republic of czechoslovakia, this is about the same thing, and, well, approximately, you know, according to the logic of the action. this is absolutely identical, like this, i’m not afraid to say it, so well, yes, orban agreed, who gave him the mandate that his decision would lead to the impoverishment of the entire hungarian people, well, he doesn’t have such a mandate, this, well, it would what led to this, well, by the way, was that he went out to the french people there and the farmers who? yes, well, this, by the way, this has something in common, he came from something like this despair, i think this is what gives me the feeling, well , that he did this, that’s what he did, nothing more, well , by the way, if he continues, they might kill him, in general , well, what’s the problem, why am i discussing all this, here you are volodya said that they have a colonial past, yes, in common, and this is a cultural-historical instinct they have, yes... in this way to align themselves with the owner, but moreover, t

result of the yalta and podzdam conferences, at which the post-war world order was decided, the sudetenland was returned to the czechs. when would the czechs, then czechoslovakia, today the czech republicive the sudetenland, from whom? who would provide it for her? england, france, united states of america? only stalin came, and the soviet union came and said: “yes, this, strictly speaking, is your territory, take the germans.” well, yes, they should live there in germany, of course, czechs should have kissed feet there. the red army, yesterday's faithful servants of the wehrmacht, were greeted with flowers and hugs. one cannot help but wonder when the czechs were actually sincere, when they yawned in a dark crowd or when they loudly applauded the liberator of prague, marshal of the soviet union, ivan konev. either the germans were superior to them, then the czechs became superior to the germans. such an animal feeling, yes, plus you can kick them out, beat them with whips, there was also such an animal satisfaction, maybe they were happy about it, let’s see, and honestly, maybe ask some czechs, what were you more happy about, in 1945 in may, when the red army entered prague, judging b

czechoslovakia. after the collapse of the ussr, nato expanded to the east. the alliance included first the warsaw pact countries, then the three former baltic republics of theoviet union, most recently finland, which last november led the first nato exercise, icy winds 23. a new component the american military presence in europe has become. ground-based missile defense systems, the ideas of the bush junior administration, and the european one began to be implemented under obama. under him, it was decided to transfer the ship's launch systems mk-41, the "eigis assure" project, to land. the first such complex, equipped with 24 interceptor missiles, was deployed at the devicelu airbase in romania in 2016. the second at the redzikowa airfield in poland in december last year. edges assure. these are dual-use complexes that can launch not only anti-missiles, but tomoga strike cruise missiles. the command center of the european segment of the american pro system is located at ramstein air base in germany. in the film , the president's plane, air force one, which is hijacked by terrorists, tries to make an emergency landing here. this is the largest us military bas

republic in the 1960s. but you mustn't frame it as such, because then that gives license for the russians to do the same in czechoslovakia. i have to note in the collection of the james monroe museum is a political cartoon that shows a very beleaguered lyndon johnson looking at a portrait of james monroe saying they don't seem to like it as much when you were in office. so at least johnson through that cartoon, invoking a little bit of the tradition it. i was checking to see whether we have any other online question do do we have question here we do mr. go ahead. i haven't heard much mention about the influence of the growing private business interests and interest in maintaining their investments. whatever in particularly in south and. my sense is that the monroe doctrine is invoked whenever, those interests are threatened justifying intervention. is there anything developing here? international corporations, principle based from the united states are in fluence in our foreign policy to protect their interest. and as opposed to protecting republican government. melissa, you're teaching courses about the region these days. is this a topic that that factors